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Kil⋅i⋅man⋅ja⋅ro

[kil-uh-muhn-jahr-oh]
–noun
a volcanic mountain in N Tanzania: highest peak in Africa. 19,321 ft. (5889 m).
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Kil·i·man·ja·ro   (kĭl'ə-mən-jär'ō)   
The highest mountain in Africa, in northeast Tanzania near the Kenya border, rising in two snow-capped peaks to 5,898.7 m (19,340 ft). The higher of the two peaks was first climbed in 1889.
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Kilimanjaro [(kil-uh-muhn-jahr-oh)]

The highest mountain in Africa, located in northeastern Tanzania.

Note: “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” is a short story by Ernest Hemingway.
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