KINGDOM OF LESOTHO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kingdom of Lesotho mean? 

• KINGDOM OF LESOTHO (noun)
  The noun KINGDOM OF LESOTHO has 1 sense:

1. a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966

  Familiarity information: KINGDOM OF LESOTHO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KINGDOM OF LESOTHO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Basutoland; Kingdom of Lesotho; Lesotho

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Kingdom of Lesotho"):

capital of Lesotho; Maseru (the capital of Lesotho; located in northwestern Lesotho)

Meronyms (members of "Kingdom of Lesotho"):

Basotho (a member of a subgroup of people who inhabit Lesotho)

Sotho (a member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and who speak the Sotho languages)

Holonyms ("Kingdom of Lesotho" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)