"Lesotho" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ləˈsuːtuː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lesotho.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Sotho Lesotho (“Land of the Basotho (Sotho people)”). Etymology templates: {{m|st|Basotho}} Basotho, {{bor|en|st|Lesotho|t=Land of the <i class="Latn mention" lang="st">Basotho</i> (Sotho people)}} Sotho Lesotho (“Land of the Basotho (Sotho people)”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Lesotho
  1. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Lesotho. Capital: Maseru. Wikidata QID: Q1013 Wikipedia link: Lesotho, Sotho Categories (place): Countries, Countries in Africa, Lesotho Synonyms: Basutoland [historical], Lesuto, Lesutho, Lesoto Holonyms: Subsahara Translations (country in Southern Africa): Lesotho (Afrikaans), Lesoto (Albanian), ሌሶቶ (lesoto) (Amharic), لِيسُوتُو (lisūtū) [masculine] (Arabic), Լեսոթո (Lesotʿo) (Armenian), ܠܹܣܘܿܛܘܿ (lēsōṭō) [feminine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), Lesoto (Azerbaijani), Лесо́та (Ljesóta) [feminine, neuter] (Belarusian), লেসোথো (leśōthō) (Bengali), Lesotho (Breton), Лесо́то (Lesóto) [masculine] (Bulgarian), လီဆိုသို (lihcuisui) (Burmese), Lesotho (Catalan), 萊索托 (Chinese Mandarin), 莱索托 (Láisuǒtuō) (Chinese Mandarin), Lesotho [neuter] (Czech), Lesotho (Danish), ލެސޯތޯ (lesōtō) (Dhivehi), Lesotho [neuter] (Dutch), Lesoto (Esperanto), Lesotho (Estonian), Lesutu (Farefare), Lesoto [neuter] (Faroese), Lesotho (Finnish), Lesotho [masculine] (French), ლესოთო (lesoto) (Georgian), Lesotho [neuter] (German), Λεσότο (Lesóto) [neuter] (Greek), Lesoto (Hausa), Lesotho (Hausa), לסוטו (lesoto) (Hebrew), लेसोथो (lesotho) (Hindi), Lesotho (Hungarian), Lesótó (Icelandic), Lesotho (Interlingua), Leosóta [masculine] (Irish), Lesotho [masculine] (Italian), レソト (Resoto) (Japanese), Lesotho (Kalenjin), Lesotho (Kamba), Лесото (Lesoto) (Kazakh), ឡេសូតូ (leesoutou) (Khmer), Lesotho (Kikuyu), 레소토 (Resoto) (Korean), Лесото (Lesoto) (Kyrgyz), ເລໂຊໂຕ (lē sō tō) (Lao), Lesoto [feminine] (Latvian), Lesotas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Lesotho (Luhya), Lesotho (Luo), Лесо́то (Lesóto) [neuter] (Macedonian), Lesotho (Malay), Teroto (Maori), Lesotho (Meru), Лесото (Lesoto) (Mongolian), Sotho Dineʼé bikéyah (Navajo), Lesotho [masculine] (Norman), Lesotho (Norwegian), لسوتو (lesoto) (Persian), Lesotho [neuter] (Polish), Lesoto [neuter] (Polish), Lesoto [masculine] (Portuguese), Lesotho [neuter] (Romanian), Лесо́то (Lesóto) [feminine, neuter] (Russian), Lesuots (Samogitian), Лесо̏то [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Lesȍto [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ලෙසෝතෝ (lesōtō) (Sinhalese), Lesotho (Sotho), Lesoto (Spanish), Lesotho (Swahili), Lesotho (Swedish), Lesoto (Tagalog), Lesotho (Tagalog), Лесото (Lesoto) (Tajik), เลโซโท (lee-soo-too) (Thai), Lesotho (Turkish), Lesoto (Turkmen), Лесо́то (Lesóto) [feminine, neuter] (Ukrainian), Lesoto (Uzbek), Lê-xô-thô (Vietnamese), Lesotän (Volapük), Lesoto (Yoruba), OSotho (Zulu)

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          "word": "ލެސޯތޯ"
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          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "lesoto",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "word": "ლესოთო"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Lesotho"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "Lesóto",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "word": "Lesotho"
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        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "lesoto",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "word": "לסוטו"
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "lesotho",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "word": "Lesótó"
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          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Leosóta"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "Resoto",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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          "word": "레소토"
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          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "lē sō tō",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "word": "ເລໂຊໂຕ"
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          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "word": "Sotho Dineʼé bikéyah"
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          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "lang": "Samogitian",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "word": "Lesuots"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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          "code": "si",
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          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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          "code": "st",
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "word": "Lesoto"
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          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "word": "Lesotho"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "word": "Lesotho"
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        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "word": "Lesoto"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
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          "word": "Lesotho"
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        {
          "code": "tg",
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          "word": "Лесото"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "lee-soo-too",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "word": "เลโซโท"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "word": "Lesotho"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "word": "Lesoto"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
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          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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            "feminine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Лесо́то"
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        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
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        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "word": "Lê-xô-thô"
        },
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          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "word": "Lesotän"
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          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "word": "Lesoto"
        },
        {
          "code": "zu",
          "lang": "Zulu",
          "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
          "word": "OSotho"
        }
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      "word": "Ethiopia"
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      "word": "Gabon"
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      "word": "Guinea"
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      "word": "Kenya"
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      "word": "Liberia"
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    {
      "word": "Libya"
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    {
      "word": "Madagascar"
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    {
      "word": "Malawi"
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    {
      "word": "Mali"
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      "word": "Mauritania"
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    {
      "word": "Mauritius"
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      "word": "Morocco"
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      "word": "Mozambique"
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      "word": "Namibia"
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      "word": "Niger"
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      "word": "Nigeria"
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      "word": "Republic of the Congo"
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    {
      "word": "Rwanda"
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      "word": "São Tomé and Príncipe"
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      "word": "Senegal"
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    {
      "word": "Seychelles"
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    {
      "word": "Sierra Leone"
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    {
      "word": "Somalia"
    },
    {
      "word": "South Africa"
    },
    {
      "word": "South Sudan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sudan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tanzania"
    },
    {
      "word": "Togo"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tunisia"
    },
    {
      "word": "Uganda"
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    {
      "word": "Western Sahara"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zambia"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zimbabwe [edit]"
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        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Sotho",
        "English terms derived from Sotho",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Navajo terms with redundant script codes",
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      "word": "Lesuto"
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      "word": "Lesutho"
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      "word": "Lesoto"
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      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesoto"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "lesoto",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "ሌሶቶ"
    },
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      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "لِيسُوتُو"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Lesotʿo",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Լեսոթո"
    },
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      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "lēsōṭō",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ܠܹܣܘܿܛܘܿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "Ljesóta",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
      ],
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "leśōthō",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "লেসোথো"
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Lesóto",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Лесо́то"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "lihcuisui",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "လီဆိုသို"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "萊索托"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Láisuǒtuō",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "莱索托"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "lesōtō",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "ލެސޯތޯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lesoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "lesoto",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "ლესოთო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Lesóto",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Λεσότο"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "lesoto",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "לסוטו"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "lesotho",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "लेसोथो"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesótó"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Leosóta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Resoto",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "レソト"
    },
    {
      "code": "kln",
      "lang": "Kalenjin",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "kam",
      "lang": "Kamba",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Lesoto",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Лесото"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "leesoutou",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "ឡេសូតូ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ki",
      "lang": "Kikuyu",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Resoto",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "레소토"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "Lesoto",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Лесото"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "lē sō tō",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "ເລໂຊໂຕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lesoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lesotas"
    },
    {
      "code": "luy",
      "lang": "Luhya",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "luo",
      "lang": "Luo",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Lesóto",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Лесо́то"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Teroto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mer",
      "lang": "Meru",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Lesoto",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Лесото"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Sotho Dineʼé bikéyah"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "lesoto",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "لسوتو"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lesoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lesoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Lesóto",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Лесо́то"
    },
    {
      "code": "sgs",
      "lang": "Samogitian",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesuots"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Лесо̏то"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lesȍto"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "lesōtō",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "ලෙසෝතෝ"
    },
    {
      "code": "st",
      "lang": "Sotho",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Lesoto",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Лесото"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lee-soo-too",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "เลโซโท"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotho"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Lesóto",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Лесо́то"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lê-xô-thô"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesotän"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "Lesoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "country in Southern Africa",
      "word": "OSotho"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lesotho"
}

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