| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Lesotho |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Le·so·tho |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  l -s  t, -s t |
| VARIANTS: | Formerly Ba·su·to·land (b-st-l nd ) |
| 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: 1,996,000.
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