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Basutoland

/ bəˈsuːtəʊˌlænd /

noun

  1. the former name (until 1966) of Lesotho


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The decision was as momentous in its results as the annexation of Basutoland.

Of one British territory outside the two colonies, viz., Basutoland, I shall have to speak fully hereafter.

Basutoland is a comparatively small territory (10,300 square miles) somewhat larger than Wales or Massachusetts.

Nowhere has the gospel made such progress among the Kafirs as in Basutoland.

Basutoland has been called the Switzerland of South Africa from its beautiful mountain-scenery.

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