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Basotho

Basotho is the plural of Mosotho.

Meaning of Mosotho

Noun

Mosotho (plural Basotho)

  1. A member of the Basotho ethnic group.
  2. A citizen of Lesotho.

Noun

Basotho (plural Basotho or Basothos)

  1. An ethnic group native to Lesotho.

Synonyms of Basotho

Forms of Basotho

alternative formBasoto
alternative formBasutho
alternative formBasuto
pluralBasotho
pluralBasothos

Origin of Basotho

From Sotho Basotho.

Words formed from Basotho

Questions about Basotho

What does Basotho mean?
Basotho means an ethnic group native to Lesotho.
What is Basotho the plural of?
Basotho is the plural of Mosotho.
What part of speech is Basotho?
Basotho is a noun.
What is the plural of Basotho?
The plural of Basotho is Basotho.

Words near Basotho in the dictionary

  1. basosquamous
  2. basotarsomere
  3. basotarsomeres
  4. basotemporal
  5. basothalamocortical
  6. Basotho
  7. Basotholand
  8. Basothos
  9. Basoto
  10. Basotoland
  11. basoventral

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Basotho (page history and authors); Mosotho (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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