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PRONUNCIATION OF MATOPO HILLS

Matopo Hills  [məˈtəʊpə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MATOPO HILLS

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Matopo Hills is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MATOPO HILLS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Matopo Hills

Matobo National Park

The Matobo National Park forms the core of the Matobo or Matopos Hills, an area of granite kopjes and wooded valleys commencing some 35 kilometres south of Bulawayo, southern Zimbabwe. The hills were formed over 2 billion years ago with granite being forced to the surface, this has eroded to produce smooth "whaleback dwalas" and broken kopjes, strewn with boulders and interspersed with thickets of vegetation. Mzilikazi, founder of the Ndebele nation, gave the area its name, meaning 'Bald Heads'. The Hills cover an area of about 3100 km², of which 424 km² is National Park, the remainder being largely communal land and a small proportion of commercial farmland. The park extends along the Thuli, Mtshelele, Maleme and Mpopoma river valleys. Part of the national park is set aside as a 100 km² game park, which has been stocked with game including the white rhinoceros. The highest point in the hills is the promontory named Gulati just outside the north-eastern corner of the park. Administratively, Matobo National Park incorporates the Lake Matopos Recreational Park, being the area around Hazelside, Sandy Spruit and Lake Matopos.

Definition of Matopo Hills in the English dictionary

The definition of Matopo Hills in the dictionary is the granite hills south of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, where Cecil Rhodes chose to be buried.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MATOPO HILLS


coper
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dopa
ˈdəʊpə
doper
ˈdəʊpə
Europa
jʊˈrəʊpə
groper
ˈɡrəʊpə
hoper
ˈhəʊpə
interloper
ˈɪntəˌləʊpə
L-dopa
ɛlˈdəʊpə
levodopa
ˌliːvəʊˈdəʊpə
loper
ˈləʊpə
methyldopa
ˌmiːθaɪlˈdəʊpə
moper
ˈməʊpə
opah
ˈəʊpə
roper
ˈrəʊpə
scopa
ˈskəʊpə
sloper
ˈsləʊpə
Soper
ˈsəʊpə
sopor
ˈsəʊpə
stoper
ˈstəʊpə
toper
ˈtəʊpə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MATOPO HILLS

Matisse
matless
matlo
Matlock
matlow
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso do Sul
matoke
Matopos
Matosinhos
Matozinhos

WORDS THAT END LIKE MATOPO HILLS

as old as the hills
Beverly Hills
Black Hills
Bombay Hills
Cheviot Hills
Chiltern Hills
Chin Hills
communication skills
hills
interpersonal skills
language skills
management skills
Mendip Hills
Mills
Nilgiri Hills
pills
social skills
the hills
Valdai Hills
Wills

Synonyms and antonyms of Matopo Hills in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translator English - Chinese

Matopo山
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Translator English - Spanish

Matopo Hills
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Matopo Hills
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Translator English - Hindi

Matopo हिल्स
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

Matopo هيلز
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Translator English - Russian

Matopo Hills
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Matopo Hills
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Translator English - Bengali

মাতোপো পাহাড়
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Matopo Hills
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Translator English - Malay

Matopo Hills
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Translator English - German

Matopo Hills
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Translator English - Japanese

Matopoヒルズ
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Translator English - Korean

Matopo 힐스
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Translator English - Javanese

Matopo Hills
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Matopo Hills
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மடோபோ ஹில்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माटोओपो हिल्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Matopo Hills
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Matopo Hills
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Matopo Hills
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Matopo Hills
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Translator English - Romanian

Matopo Hills
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Translator English - Greek

Matopo Hills
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Matopo Hills
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Matopo Hills
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Translator English - Norwegian

Matopo Hills
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Matopo Hills

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MATOPO HILLS»

Discover the use of Matopo Hills in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Matopo Hills and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Guide to the Rock Art of the Matopo Hills, Zimbabwe
A Guide to the Rock Art of the Matopo Hills Zimbabwe is an essential book for anyone visiting these hills of western Zimbabwe and for those with an interest in rock art.
Elspeth Parry, 2002
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Legacy on the Rocks: The Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers of the ...
An evocative look at the work of a lost people, this study is intended to stimulate further research and interpretation of these incredible paintings.
Elspeth Parry, 2000
3
Zimbabwe
Sean Sheehan. THE MATOPO HILLS The Matopo Hills are located 310 miles ( 500 km) south of Victoria Falls, near the city of Bulawayo. The hills, formed of granite and gneiss, are known as kopjes and are millions of years old. Caves there ...
Sean Sheehan, 2004
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... Mountains) USE Matopo Hills (Zimbabwe) Matopo Hills (Zimbabwe) UF Matombo (Zimbabwe : Mountains) Matopo Range (Zimbabwe) Matopos ( Zimbabwe : Mountains) Matoppo Hills (Zimbabwe) BT Mountains—Zimbabwe Matopo National ...
Library of Congress, 2006
5
Burnham: King of Scouts
What the two men learned in the Matopo Hills not only set the stage for the rest of the Matabele campaign, but it also changed Baden-Powell's life forever. I O I MAToPos 0 JUNE 1896 LIEUTENANT COLONEL Stephe Baden-Powell rode into ...
Peter Van Wyk, 2003
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Short Writings from Bulawayo:
Any interpretive centre must respect these feelings and consider all the significant figures involved in the history of the Matopo Hills. The agreement made between Rhodes and the Ndebele chiefs wouldalso figure. Rhodes stated to the chiefs ...
Morris, Jane, 2008
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... people) USE Toka (African people) Matopo Hills (Zimbabwe) UF Matopos ( Zimbabwe) Matoppo Hills (Zimbabwe) BT Mountains—Zimbabwe Matopos ( Zimbabwe) USE Matopo Hills (Zimbabwe) Matoppo Hills (Zimbabwe) USE Matopo Hills ...
‎1989
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Ritual Passage, Sacred Journey: The Process and Organization ...
Cockin, a missionary at Hope Fountain in 1879, mentions three oracles in the Matopo Hills (Cockin 1879, cited in Ranger 1967:145), as follows, relative to his mission station: Ematjetjeni (Matonjeni) to the east, Entjeleli (Njelele) to the south , ...
Richard P. Werbner, 1989
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The Prehistory of Southern Rhodesia
Somabula Bambata Cave, Matopo Hills The section at Bambata Cave Still Bay tools from Bambata Cave Still Bay points from Bambata Cave Proto-Still Bay tools from Bambata Cave Proto-Still Bay burins from Bambata Cave Nswatugi Cave, ...
Neville Jones, 2013
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Voices from the Rocks: Nature, Culture & History in the ...
The Dutch people were tu have the Kezi area, the Europeans the Bulawayo area, the Indians the outskirts of Bulawayo ... and we were given the Matopo Hills."11 Though most official reports of Rhodes's promises focussed on the flat lands ...
Terence O. Ranger, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MATOPO HILLS»

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Rock Art Restoration Project On
The highest concentrations of rock art are found at Matopo Hills in southern Zimbabwe, Domboshava Caves and other rocks and caves dotted ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2
Rock art: Zimbabwe's sacred termites
Mguni takes to the Matopo Hills in Zimbabwe, an area with the highest concentration of formlings – seemingly decorative oval patches of paint, ... «News24, May 15»
3
Mandaza no hero for urinating on a grave
... into the shabbier corners of his character by smirkingly describing how twice he ritually urinated on Cecil Rhodes' grave in the Matopo Hills, ... «Zimbabwe Independent, May 15»
4
Siyakha Mguni Fills the Gap in San Rock Art Studies with Termites of …
... the southern African region, including South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe, with its densest concentration in the Matopo Hills, Zimbabwe. «Books LIVE, May 15»
5
Make Cecil John Rhodes repay in death what he stole alive
Indeed, resentment over Rhodes' grave in the Matopo hills is not a new phenomenon but what is laughable is Mugabe's opportunistic ... «Nehanda Radio, May 15»
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Zimbabwe will let Rhodes lie, says Mugabe
Rhodes's grave lies in the Matopo Hills, Zimbabwe. Speaking at the Union Buildings on Wednesday after the signing of bilateral trade ... «BDlive, Apr 15»
7
Student revolt against the statue of Cecil John Rhodes
Rhodes was buried in the Matopo hills outside Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, a place that remains a tourist destination today. Some anti-colonial ... «University World News, Mar 15»
8
Cecil John Rhodes Exhumation Blocked For Tourism's Sake
The youths were pushing for Rhodes' grave in the Matopo Hills to be dug up, in solidarity with University of Cape Town students who want the ... «RadioVop, Mar 15»
9
New York Times Throws Down the Gauntlet
Apart from the traditional tourist destinations such as the Victoria Falls, the majestic Zambezi River, Matopo Hills and others, the NY Times also ... «The Herald, Jan 15»
10
Mugabe has reduced Zimbabwe to penury
... Southern Africa gave him a royal funeral that started in Cape Town and ended with his burial in the Matopo Hills outside Bulawayo where the ... «New Zimbabwe.com, Aug 14»

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