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Lesotho 1
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Type Country
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. TBA  [key]
Other Forms Formsnone

Meaning & History

The name of the Country in Southern Africa. Lesotho, a high-altitude, landlocked kingdom encircled by South Africa, is crisscrossed by a network of rivers and mountain ranges including the 3,482m-high peak of Thabana Ntlenyana. On the Thaba Bosiu plateau, near Lesotho's capital, Maseru, are ruins dating from the 19th-century reign of King Moshoeshoe I. Thaba Bosiu overlooks iconic Mount Qiloane, an enduring symbol of the nation’s Basotho people.
Added 4/24/2017 by anonymous

Lesotho 2
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Type Country
Scripts লেসোথো(Bengali) लेसोथो(Hindi) เลโซโท(Thai)
Pronounced Pron. li-SUW-tuw(Sotho) lə-SOO-too(English, Afrikaans) li-SOO-too(English) lə-ZAWT-o(Catalan) lə-ZAWT-oo(Catalan) leh-ZAWT-o(Catalan) LEH-so-to(Czech, Hungarian) leh-SAW-to(Dutch, Italian) LEH-sot-ho(Finnish) LEH-SOO-TOO(French) LEH-ZO-TO(French) leh-ZO-to(German) leh-SAW-taw(Polish) leh-so-TO(Thai)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "land of the Sotho", from the ethnic name of the Sotho (Basotho) people derived from the word motho meaning "person". This is the name of a country in southern Africa.
Added 12/12/2023 by anonymous