Meanings
- A volcano in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,321 feet).
Users can see how a glacier at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania retreated between December 1986 and 2020, as well as glacial melt in Sermersooq, Greenland, between December 2000 and 2020.
2022 April 22, Toyin Owoseje, “Google marks Earth Day with doodle showing stark impacts of the climate crisis”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 May 2022Synonyms: Kili, Mount Kilimanjaro
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA volcano in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,321 feet).
Origin
- Swahilikilima“hill”
- EnglishKilimanjaro
Unclear, but most likely from Swahili kilima (“hill”) + njaro.
More words from Swahili
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Kilimandjaro
- Kilimandjarovolcano
Arabic كليمنجارو
- كليمنجاروvolcano
Bengali কিলিমাঞ্জারো
- কিলিমাঞ্জারো (kilimanjarō)volcano
Chinese Mandarin 乞力馬扎羅山 /乞力马扎罗山
- 乞力馬扎羅山 /乞力马扎罗山 (Qǐlìmǎzháluóshān)volcano
Czech Kilimandžáro
- Kilimandžárovolcano
Finnish Kilimanjaro
- Kilimanjarovolcano
French Kilimandjaro
- Kilimandjarovolcano
German Kilimandscharo, Kilima-Ndscharo
- Kilimandscharovolcano
- Kilima-Ndscharovolcano
Greek Κιλιμάντζαρο
- Κιλιμάντζαρο (Kilimántzaro)volcano
Hebrew קילימנג׳רו
- קילימנג׳רוvolcano
Hindi किलिमंजारो
- किलिमंजारो (kilimañjāro)volcano
Hungarian Kilimandzsáró
- Kilimandzsáróvolcano
Irish Cill Íomanjaro
- Cill Íomanjarovolcano
Italian Kilimangiaro, Chilimangiaro
- Kilimangiarovolcano
- Chilimangiarovolcano
Japanese キリマンジャロ
- キリマンジャロ (Kirimanjaro)volcano
Korean 킬리만자로
- 킬리만자로 (killimanjaro)volcano
Persian کلیمانجارو
- کلیمانجاروvolcano
Polish Kilimandżaro
- Kilimandżarovolcano
Portuguese Kilimanjaro, Quilimanjaro
- Kilimanjarovolcano
- Quilimanjarovolcano
Punjabi ਕਿਲੀਮੰਜਾਰੋ
- ਕਿਲੀਮੰਜਾਰੋ (kilīmañjāro)volcano
Russian Килиманджа́ро
- Килиманджа́ро (Kilimandžáro)volcano
Spanish Kilimanjaro
- Kilimanjarovolcano
Swahili Kilimanjaro
- Kilimanjarovolcano
Tamil கிளிமஞ்சாரோ
- கிளிமஞ்சாரோ (kiḷimañcārō)volcano
Thai คิลิมันจาโร
- คิลิมันจาโร (kí-lí-man-jaa-roh)volcano
Ukrainian Кіліманджаро
- Кіліманджаро (Kilimandžaro)volcano
Urdu کلیمنجارو
- کلیمنجارو (kilimañjāro)volcano
Cite this entry
Kilimanjaro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kilimanjaro
“Kilimanjaro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kilimanjaro. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kilimanjaro,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kilimanjaro.
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