Mosi-oa-Tunya
- the local name for Victoria Falls
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Word Origin
from Lozi: 'the smoke that thunders'
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Historical Examples
Many feel a disappointment on first seeing the great American Falls, but Mosi-oa-tunya is so strange, it must ever cause wonder.
We left Mosi-oa-tunya on the 27th, and slept close to the village of Bakwini.
One Mosi-oa-tunya, however, is quite enough for a continent.