Lesotho

Lesothó English thumb|right|Lesotho on a globe. Alternative forms en Lesuto Lesutho Lesoto Etymology From en st Lesotho Land of the st Basotho (Sotho Sotho people). Pronunciation en /ləˈsuːtuː/<q:prescribed> en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Lesotho.wav UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lesotho.wav Southern England en /ləˈsəʊ.təʊ/ RP en /ləˈsoʊ.toʊ/ GenAm Proper noun en Q1013en country r/Southern Africa Kingdom of Lesotho Maseru. en Basutoland historical Holonyms en Subsahara Derived terms en Lesothan Lesothoan Related terms en Basotho Mosotho Sesotho Sotho Translations Q1013 country in Southern Africa Afrikaans: af Lesotho Albanian: sq Lesoto Amharic: am ሌሶቶ Arabic: ar لِيسُوتُو m lisūtū Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܠܹܣܘܿܛܘܿ f Armenian: hy Լեսոթո Asturian: ast Lesothu Azerbaijani: az Lesoto Belarusian: be Лесо́та f n Bengali: bn লেসোথো Breton: br Lesotho Bulgarian: bg Лесо́то m Burmese: my လီဆိုသို Catalan: ca Lesotho Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 萊索托 Láisuǒtuō Czech: cs Lesotho n Danish: da Lesotho Dhivehi: dv ލެސޯތޯ Dutch: nl Lesotho n Esperanto: eo Lesoto Estonian: et Lesotho Farefare: gur Lesutu Faroese: fo Lesoto n Finnish: fi Lesotho French: fr Lesotho m Georgian: ka ლესოთო German: de Lesotho n Greek: el Λεσότο n Hausa: ha Lesoto, ha Lesotho Hebrew: he לסוטו lesoto Hindi: hi लेसोथो Hungarian: hu Lesotho Icelandic: is Lesótó Interlingua: ia Lesotho Irish: ga Leosóta m Italian: it Lesotho m Japanese: ja レソト Resoto Kalenjin: kln Lesotho Kamba: kam Lesotho Kazakh: kk Лесото Khmer: km ឡេសូតូ Kikuyu: ki Lesotho Korean: ko ^레소토 Kyrgyz: ky Лесото Lao: lo ເລໂຊໂຕ Latvian: lv Lesoto f Lithuanian: lt Lesotas m Luhya: luy Lesotho Luo: luo Lesotho Macedonian: mk Лесо́то n Malay: ms Lesotho Māori: mi Teroto Meru: mer Lesotho Mongolian: mn Лесото Navajo: nv Sotho Dineʼé bikéyah Norman: nrf Lesotho m Norwegian: no Lesotho Persian: fa لسوتو lesoto Polish: pl Lesotho n, pl Lesoto n Portuguese: pt Lesoto m Romanian: ro Lesotho n Russian: ru Лесо́то f n Samogitian: sgs Lesuots Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Лесо̏то m Latin: sh Lesȍto m Sinhalese: si ලෙසෝතෝ Slovak: sk Lesotho n Slovene: sl Lesoto m Sotho: st Lesotho Spanish: es Lesoto Swahili: sw Lesotho Swedish: sv Lesotho Tagalog: tl Lesoto, tl Lesotho Tajik: tg Лесото Tamil: ta லெசோத்தோ Thai: th เลโซโท Turkish: tr Lesotho Turkmen: tk Lesoto Ukrainian: uk Лесо́то f n Uzbek: uz Lesoto Vietnamese: vi Lê-xô-thô Volapük: vo Lesotän Wolaytta: wal Leseetto Yoruba: yo Lesoto Zulu: zu OSotho See also en Basutoland en Maseru :Appendix:Countries of the world Anagrams en ehloost looseth Afrikaans af: Pronunciation af /ləˈsutu/ af LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Lesotho.wav Proper noun af proper noun af Lesotho Q1013 Catalan Pronunciation ò ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Lesotho.wav Valencia Proper noun m ca Lesotho Q1013 Central Huasteca Nahuatl Proper noun nch proper noun nch Lesotho Q1013 Czech cs: Pronunciation [th:t] Proper noun n lesothský cs Lesotho Q1013 Declension n.sg Further reading Dutch Pronunciation nl Nl-Lesotho.ogg Proper noun n nl Lesotho Q1013 Finnish fi: Etymology From fi st Lesotho. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Lesotho Q1013 fi Lesothon kuningaskunta Kingdom of Lesotho Declension sg Lesoth o a Derived terms fi lesotholainen German de: Pronunciation de De-Lesotho.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de Lesotho Q1013 Derived terms de Lesother de lesothisch See also de Basutoland Hungarian hu: Pronunciation leszotó hu Le so tho hu toː 3 Proper noun hu proper noun hu Lesotho Q1013 hu:Lesothói Királyság Declension Lesothó o sgLesothó sg Derived terms hu lesothói See also References Italian it: Proper noun m it Lesotho Q1013 Derived terms it lesothiano Latin Proper noun la proper noun form Lesothō la Lesothum dat//abl Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|The flag of Lesotho. thumb|Lesotho in Africa. thumb|Maletsunyane Falls near Semonkong in Lesotho. Etymology nb, based on nb st Lesotho land of the Basotho (Sotho people). The immediate transmission route into Norwegian is nb 1 1. The Sotho name belongs to a characteristic noun-class pattern based on Sotho: st Mosotho a Sotho person, Basotho (“Sotho people”), st Sesotho Sotho language and st Lesotho land of the Basotho. Parallel international adaptations include nn Lesotho, af Lesotho, sv Lesotho, de Lesotho, nl Lesotho and en Lesotho. Pronunciation nb /¹lɛˈsuː.tu/ [lɛˈsùː.tʊ] nb uːtu 3 nb Le so tho Proper noun nb proper noun Lesotho; nb country r/Southern Africa cont/Africa, an enclave completely surrounded by South Africa, with Maseru as its capital. nb Om vinteren kan det falle snø i fjellene i Lesotho. In winter, snow can fall in the mountains of Lesotho. nb 25 June 2026 Maren Sæbø; Elling Tjønneland Lesotho Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Lesotho Lesotho er et kongedømme i det sørlige Afrika, omgitt av Sør-Afrika på alle kanter. Lesotho is a kingdom in Southern Africa, surrounded by South Africa on all sides. https://web.archive.org/web/20260929074932/https://snl.no/Lesotho 29 September 2026 Usage notes The official Norwegian long-form name is Kongeriket Lesotho (“the Kingdom of Lesotho”). Before independence in 1966, the territory was known under British rule as no Basutoland. Derived terms nb lesothoer a Lesothan nb lesothisk Lesothan See also References “Lesotho” in Store norske leksikon. “Navn på stater” at Språkrådet. Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Lesotho Q1013 Related terms nn lesothoar nn lesothisk Polish Alternative forms pl Lesoto Pronunciation lesoto LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Lesotho.wav Le.so.tho Proper noun pl proper noun n indeclinable pl Lesotho Q1013 See also Further reading Portuguese Proper noun m pt Lesoto: pt Lesotho Q1013 Slovak Pronunciation sk /ˈle.sɔ.tɔ/ Proper noun n Lesotha mesto sk Lesotho Q1013 Declension Lesotho Lesotha Lesothu Lesotho Lesothu Lesothom Related terms sk Lesothčan / sk Lesothčanka sk lesothský Further reading Swahili sw: Pronunciation sw Sw-ke-Lesotho.flac Kenya Proper noun sw proper noun sw Lesotho Q1013 See also Swedish sv: Pronunciation sv /lɛˈsuːtʊ/ sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Lesotho.wav sv IPA and audio mismatch Proper noun n sv Lesotho Q1013 Derived terms sv lesothier sv lesothisk sv lesothiska See also Further reading 12 Svensk MeSH Turkish tr: Pronunciation tr LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-Lesotho.wav Proper noun tr Lesotho Q1013 Declension Lesotho Lesotho'yu Lesotho'ya Lesotho'da Lesotho'dan Lesotho'nun See also Welsh cy: Proper noun f cy Lesotho Q1013 See also