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The meaning of INSELBERG is an isolated mountain. Did you know?
Inselberg definition: monadnock (def. 1). . See examples of INSELBERG used in a sentence.
An isolated rocky hill rising abruptly from a flat plain.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
An inselberg or monadnock (/ məˈnædnɒk / mə-NAD-nok) is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain. In Southern Africa, a similar formation of granite [citation needed] is known as a koppie, an Afrikaans word ("little head") from the Dutch diminutive ...
mesa. tor. butte. kopje. inselberg, (from German Insel, “island,” and Berg, “mountain”), isolated hill that stands above well-developed plains and appears not unlike an island rising from the sea. The early German explorers of southern Africa were impressed by such features, and they dubbed the domed or castlelike highlands inselbergs.
- Victor R. Baker
Define inselberg. inselberg synonyms, inselberg pronunciation, inselberg translation, English dictionary definition of inselberg. n. See monadnock. American Heritage ...
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The earliest known use of the noun inselberg is in the 1900s. OED's earliest evidence for inselberg is from 1907, in Quarterly Journal Geol. Society. inselberg is a borrowing from German. See etymology.
