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  • proper noun historical Lesotho.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966

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Examples

  • He examined Red Triangle work among the indigenous peoples in Basutoland and among the Bantus.

    Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

  • Basutoland, which is situated just behind the frowning wall of the

    Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories 1899

  • East, but that he had for some time past been living in Basutoland, which is situated just behind the frowning wall of the Drakensberg, to the southwest of where they were speaking, and not twenty miles distant.

    Stories by English Authors: Africa (Selected by Scribners) Percy Addleshaw 1891

  • Kafir tribes from the north-east were chased southward into the mountain country now called Basutoland, most of which had been previously inhabited only by Bushmen, and here the Basuto kingdom was built up out of fugitive clans, by the famous chief Moshesh, between 1820 and 1840.

    Impressions of South Africa James Bryce Bryce 1880

  • In 1937 Lord Wemyss was appointed Assistant District Commissioner in Basutoland.

    The Scottish Scene 1954

  • The book's author had lived for years in Basutoland and the settings, lives and rituals are presumably authentic.

    A. A. Murray Steve 2010

  • Lepotane, son of the chief of a remote village in Basutoland, becomes innocently involved in a ritual murder which goes awry.

    A. A. Murray Steve 2010

  • Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon independence from the UK in 1966.

    Lesotho 2009

  • Lesothoconventional long form: Kingdom of Lesotho conventional short form: Lesotho local long form: Kingdom of Lesotho local short form: Lesotho former: Basutoland

    Country name 2008

  • Background: Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon independence from the UK in 1966.

    Lesotho 2008

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