292: kilimanjaro Sep 26, 2015

Language tends to move to greater efficiency. Nevertheless, a few phrases emerge that are redundant. Kilimanjaro, often called Mt. Kilimanjaro, is the tallest mountain in Africa. What many people don't know is that the prefix 'kilima' means 'mountain', so Mt. Kilimanjaro would be as saying "mountain mountain njraro" ('njaro' in kiSwahili means 'impossible').