Ladysmith

American  

[ley-dee-smith] / ˈleɪ diˌsmɪθ /

noun

1. a city in W Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa: besieged by Boers 1889–1900.

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Ladysmith British  

/ ˈleɪdɪˌsmɪθ /

noun

1. a city in E South Africa: besieged by Boers for four months (1899–1900) during the Boer War. Pop: 41 427 (2001)

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Example Sentences

“Example: Ladysmith Black Mambazo almost sold out but a relatively unknown virtuoso pianist barely drew 25% attendance.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2023

So my associate producer, Dominique Hessert Owens, and her husband drove a cargo van from Ladysmith, Canada, on Vancouver Island all the way back down to Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2023

Anderson was born in Ladysmith, a small town in British Columbia's Vancouver Island on Canada's western edge.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2023

Forty-eight of the LED speed limit signs are located in half-mile to one-mile intervals between Ladysmith and Fredericksburg, between mile markers 115 and 130, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2022

In 1986 he released arguably his most radical melding of previously unconnected genres in Graceland, a collaboration with South African singing group Ladysmith Black Mambazo and others.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall