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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa, now Lesotho. historical

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lesotho

Example

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

Etymology

From Basuto + -land.

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