Quathlamba

American  

[kwaht-lahm-buh] / kwɑtˈlɑm bə /

noun

1. Drakensberg.

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Quathlamba British  

/ kwɑːtˈlɑːmbɑː /

noun

1. the Sotho name for Drakensberg

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Example Sentences

It was as Mami had said, very strong, a kind of tableland ringed round with precipices that could only be climbed through a single narrow nek, and overshadowed by the great Quathlamba range.

From The Ghost Kings by Haggard, Henry Rider

Behind the Quathlamba Range the country spreads out to the north and west in a vast tableland, sometimes flat, sometimes undulating, sometimes intersected by ridges of rocky hills.

From Impressions of South Africa by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

Then perhaps we might trek back and fall in with a party of Boers who, we believe, have crossed the Quathlamba Mountains into Natal.

From Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain by Haggard, Henry Rider

One thing I did learn, however, that my old friend, Pieter Retief, with a large following, had crossed the Quathlamba Mountains, which we now know as the Drakensberg, and entered the territory of Natal.

From Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain by Haggard, Henry Rider

Close to the sea it is level, rising gently westward in hills, and in some places extending to the crest of the Quathlamba Mountains.

From Impressions of South Africa by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount