Word origins

• LesothoA country in Southern Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Lesotho. Capital: Maseru.
• GautengA province of South Africa. Capital: Johannesburg.
• lotiThe basic monetary unit of the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho, introduced in 1980 to replace the South African rand as legal tender.
• morenaSomeone in authority, a master or leader, especially among Sotho-speakers.
• lapaAn open structure in South Africa, typically a thatched roof supported by wooden poles.
• SesothoA member of an African ethnic group who speak the Sesotho language.
• SothoA Mosotho (“person”); a member of the Basotho (“people”).
• BasothoAn ethnic group native to Lesotho.
• BasutoA member of the Basotho people.
• LethaboA unisex given name from Northern Sotho, Sesotho, Tswana.
• MangaungSynonym of Bloemfontein (“South African city”).
• marogAny of several edible plants of the Amaranthus genus, used locally in South Africa as spinach.
• morutiA teacher or preacher.
• MosothoA member of the Basotho ethnic group.