"inselberg" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪnsəlˌbɜːɡ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-zəl-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɪnsəlˌbɝɡ/ [General-American], /-zəl-/ [General-American] Forms: inselbergs [plural], inselberge [plural]
Etymology: From German Inselberg, from Insel (“island”) + Berg (“mountain”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Inselberg}} German Inselberg Head templates: {{en-noun|s|inselberge}} inselberg (plural inselbergs or inselberge)
  1. (geomorphology) A monadnock (isolated mountain). Categories (topical): Geomorphology Categories (place): Landforms Translations (Translations): muino lekuko (Basque), 孤山 (gūshān) (Chinese Mandarin), Inselberg [masculine] (German), 잔구 (jan'gu) (alt: 殘丘) (Korean), twardzielec [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Click: forest elephant, stern and alert. Click: humpback whale, breaching skyward like a frisky trout. Click: Gaboon viper, its big coppery head so close to the lens you could almost feel the flick of its tongue. Click: granite inselberg, like a great igneous gumdrop, protruding above forest canopy. Click: bulge-eyed hippopotamus, almost unrecognizably strange and serene, riding a wave along the Atlantic coast.",
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          "text": "From the north, the road into Nigeria’s purpose-built capital is strewn with inselbergs, vast monolithic stone outcrops that rise abruptly out of the lush savannah. At the centre of the country, the city became the seat of government in 1991 after Lagos had become too crowded and chaotic.",
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          "ref": "2016 December 4, “Archaeological Mystery of Gulem Menhir”, in The Navhind Times:",
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