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Lesotho

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Le·so·tho  (l-st, -st) Formerly Ba·su·to·land (b-st-lnd)
A country of southern Africa forming an enclave within east-central South Africa. Inhabited originally by the San and later by a variety of Sotho-speaking peoples, the area became a British protectorate in 1868 and achieved its independence in 1966. Maseru is the capital. Population: 1,860,000.
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Lesotho
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Noun1.LesothoLesotho - a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966
capital of Lesotho, Maseru - the capital of Lesotho; located in northwestern Lesotho
Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
Basotho - a member of a subgroup of people who inhabit Lesotho
Sotho - a member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and who speak the Sotho languages
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Lesotho [lɪˈsuːtuː] nLesotho
Lesotho [lɪˈsuːtuː] nLesotho m
Lesotho [lɪˈsuːtuː] nLesotho nt
Lesotho [lɪˈsuːtu] nLesotho m

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THE LESOTHO PROMISE, a 603-carat diamond unearthed in Lesotho in August, was purchased in October for $12.
According to the Syracuse, New York Post-Standard, Father Fred Daley had planned to work in Lesotho, but CRS informed him on July 18 that he was rejected because he is a "controversial figure.
Over the years the unique country-to-country link with the Kingdom of Lesotho in Southern Africa was sustained on the Welsh side by a voluntary national committee.
 
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