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Barotseland

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[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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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Ci-subiya is the dominant language of South-West Zambezia, along a portion of the Zambezi river south of Barotseland, and in the lands lying between the Zambezi and the Chobe-Linyante river.

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