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

Kadolski, of Ladysmith Road, Norwich, was described by police as "predatory and remorseless".

From BBC

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

From Seattle Times

Today: Arguably still one of the world’s most famous living blonds, Anderson lives in the Ladysmith, British Columbia, home in which she grew up on Canada’s Vancouver Island.

From Los Angeles Times

Anderson, now 55, recounts the story of her life, from her childhood in tiny Ladysmith, British Columbia, to the height of her stardom in the 1990s, to the past few years, during which she mounted a more aggressive global campaign for animal rights and made her well-reviewed Broadway debut.

From Washington Post

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