Lesotho.
Lesotho; a country in Southern Africa, Africa, an enclave completely surrounded by South Africa, with Maseru as its capital.
Meaning & usage
Lesotho; a country in Southern Africa, Africa, an enclave completely surrounded by South Africa, with Maseru as its capital.
Om vinteren kan det falle snø i fjellene i Lesotho.
Where this word comes from
Internationalism, based on Sotho Lesotho (“land of the Basotho (Sotho people)”). The immediate transmission route into Norwegian is unknown. The Sotho name belongs to a characteristic noun-class pattern based on Sotho: Mosotho (“a Sotho person”), Basotho (“Sotho people”), Sesotho (“Sotho language”) and Lesotho (“land of the Basotho”). Parallel international adaptations include Norwegian Nynorsk Lesotho, Afrikaans Lesotho, Swedish Lesotho, German Lesotho, Dutch Lesotho and English Lesotho.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.