English
Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro may come from Swahili kilima ‘hill’.
- Swahilimodernkilima‘hill’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2022Kilimanjaro
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Swahilimodernkilima‘hill’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2022Kilimanjaro
Earliest quotation: 2022, Toyin Owoseje, Google marks Earth Day with doodle showing stark impacts of : “Users can see how a glacier at the summit…”
Every English word from Swahili kilima
Today it means
name A volcano in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,321 feet).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Swahili kilima / Kilimanjaro