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Barotseland

American  
[buh-rot-suh-land] / bəˈrɒt səˌlænd /

noun

  1. a region in W Zambia. 44,920 sq. mi. (116,343 sq. km).


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In return for �2,000 sterling a year and the "protection" of the British crown, King Lewanika of Barotseland granted Rhodes a monopoly of the natural resources of his kingdom.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among the first: Paramount Chief Mwanawina II of Barotseland, representing all tribal chiefs of Northern Rhodesia.

From Time Magazine Archive

To the support of these missions in Madagascar, Basutoland, Barotseland, the Cameroons and Gabon, and certain Pacific islands, have come the U. S. members of the International Missionary Council.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the Abbey they will see Paramount Chief Yeta III of Barotseland with his white chin whiskers and horsehair flyswatter.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Zambezi also, with Kebrabasa as its one bar to navigation between Barotseland and the sea, will supply a cheap line of communication.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

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