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in⋅sel⋅berg

  [in-suhl-burg, -zuhl-]
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–noun Physical Geography.
monadnock (def. 1).
Origin:
1895–1900; < G, equiv. to Insel island + Berg mountain
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in·sel·berg   (ĭn'səl-bŭrg', -zəl-)   
n.  See monadnock.

[German : Insel, island (from Middle High German insule, from alteration of Old High German isila, probably from Vulgar Latin *īsula; see isle) + Berg, mountain (from Middle High German berc, from Old High German berg; see bhergh-2 in Indo-European roots).]
mo·nad·nock   (mə-nād'nŏk')   
n.  A mountain or rocky mass that has resisted erosion and stands isolated in an essentially level area. Also called inselberg.

[After Mount Monadnock, a peak of southwest New Hampshire.]
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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. Spectacular examples include Ayers Rock and the Olga Rocks in central Australia.

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