lesotho

UK/ləˈsəʊ.təʊ/US/ləˈsoʊ.toʊ/

nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Lesotho is a mountain kingdom entirely surrounded by South Africa. The passes of Lesotho.

It is the only country in the world lying wholly above a thousand metres. Lesotho sells water to South Africa, which is most of what it lives on.

Definitions of lesotho

1nounlesothoMountain kingdom entirely surrounded by South Africa.C1
“Lesotho gets snow, which surprises people about Africa.”

lesotho is a country.

Lesotho comes from st Lesotho (“Land of the Basotho (Sotho people)”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

UK/ləˈsəʊ.təʊ/US/ləˈsoʊ.toʊ/

nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Lesotho is a mountain kingdom entirely surrounded by South Africa. The passes of Lesotho.

It is the only country in the world lying wholly above a thousand metres. Lesotho sells water to South Africa, which is most of what it lives on.

1nounlesothoMountain kingdom entirely surrounded by South Africa.C1
“Lesotho gets snow, which surprises people about Africa.”

lesotho is a country.

Lesotho comes from st Lesotho (“Land of the Basotho (Sotho people)”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA