Lesotho

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literary/ləˈsuːtuː/UK/ləˈsəʊ.təʊ/US/ləˈsoʊ.toʊ/

proper noun

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Lesotho. Capital: Maseru.

Similar
Basutoland
OriginSotho Lesotho →
CommonScrabble 10
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Lesuto · alternative Lesutho · alternative Lesoto

  1. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Lesotho. Capital: Maseru.

    Synonyms: Basutoland

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA country in Southern Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Lesotho. Capital: Maseru.

Similar
Basutoland

Origin

  1. SothoLesotho“Land of the <i class="Latn mention" lang="st">Basotho</i> (Sotho people)”
  2. EnglishLesotho

From Sotho Lesotho (“Land of the Basotho (Sotho people)”).

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Translations

Afrikaans Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
Arabic لِيسُوتُو
  • لِيسُوتُو (lisūtū)country in Southern Africa
Bengali লেসোথো
  • লেসোথো (leśōthō)country in Southern Africa
Bulgarian Лесо́то
  • Лесо́то (Lesóto)country in Southern Africa
Catalan Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
Chinese Mandarin 萊索托 /莱索托
  • 萊索托 /莱索托 (Láisuǒtuō)country in Southern Africa
Czech Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
Danish Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
Dutch Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
Esperanto Lesoto
  • Lesotocountry in Southern Africa
Estonian Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
Finnish Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
French Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
German Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
Greek Λεσότο
  • Λεσότο (Lesóto)country in Southern Africa
Hebrew לסוטו
  • לסוטו (lesoto)country in Southern Africa
Hindi लेसोथो
  • लेसोथो (lesotho)country in Southern Africa
Hungarian Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
Icelandic Lesótó
  • Lesótócountry in Southern Africa
Irish Leosóta
  • Leosótacountry in Southern Africa
Italian Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
Japanese レソト
  • レソト (Resoto)country in Southern Africa
Korean 레소토
  • 레소토 (Resoto)country in Southern Africa
Latvian Lesoto
  • Lesotocountry in Southern Africa
Lithuanian Lesotas
  • Lesotascountry in Southern Africa
Malay Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
Māori Teroto
  • Terotocountry in Southern Africa
Norwegian Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
Persian لسوتو
  • لسوتو (lesoto)country in Southern Africa
Polish Lesotho, Lesoto
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
  • Lesotocountry in Southern Africa
Portuguese Lesoto
  • Lesotocountry in Southern Africa
Romanian Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
Russian Лесо́то
  • Лесо́то (Lesóto)country in Southern Africa
Slovak Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
Spanish Lesoto
  • Lesotocountry in Southern Africa
Swahili Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
Swedish Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
Tagalog Lesoto, Lesotho
  • Lesotocountry in Southern Africa
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
Tamil லெசோத்தோ
  • லெசோத்தோ (lecōttō)country in Southern Africa
Thai เลโซโท
  • เลโซโท (lee-soo-too)country in Southern Africa
Turkish Lesotho
  • Lesothocountry in Southern Africa
Ukrainian Лесо́то
  • Лесо́то (Lesóto)country in Southern Africa
Vietnamese Lê-xô-thô
  • Lê-xô-thôcountry in Southern Africa
Zulu OSotho
  • OSothocountry in Southern Africa
Cite this entry
APA

Lesotho. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lesotho

MLA

“Lesotho.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lesotho. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lesotho,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lesotho.

Source: Lesotho on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.