Mosi-oa-Tunya

/ (ˈmɒsɪ-wa-ˈtuːnja) /

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pl n

the local name for Victoria Falls

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Word Origin for Mosi-oa-Tunya

from Lozi: 'the smoke that thunders'

Words nearby Mosi-oa-Tunya

mosher, Moshesh, Moshi, Moshoeshoe II, mosh pit, Mosi-oa-Tunya, Moskva, Moslem, Moslemism, Mosley, Mosotho

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How to use Mosi-oa-Tunya in a sentence

Shelah (Yesh Atid), Mosi (Meretz) and I remain sitting, siding with democracy.
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They'd used JS-JZ and NS-NZ recently, so they looked at some OA-OF words and picked Odyssey.
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Africom had been assigned three two-letter ranges to choose from: JS through JZ, NS through NZ, and OA through OF.
Why Is the Libya War Called Operation Odyssey Dawn?|Josh Dzieza|March 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
It is named from the small river Galligans, an affluent of the Oa, which flows through the city.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various

O coalesces into a diphthong with a, as moan, groan, approach: oa has the sound of o long.
A Grammar of the English Tongue|Samuel Johnson
The name is taken from a little stream which washes its walls and falls into the Oa.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain|George Edmund Street
Many feel a disappointment on first seeing the great American Falls, but Mosi-oa-tunya is so strange, it must ever cause wonder.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries|David Livingstone
We left Mosi-oa-tunya on the 27th, and slept close to the village of Bakwini.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries|David Livingstone