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Definition of Basutoland

1. Noun. A landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966.

Definition of Basutoland

1. Proper noun. (historical) A former country in southern Africa, the former name of Lesotho ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Basutoland

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"basutoland AND THE BASUTO.* By Captain R. CRAWSHAY. is so commonly said of the people of Great Britain, that they do not know their own country, ..."

2. Select Constitutional Documents Illustrating South African History, 1795-1910 by George von Welfling Eybers (1918)
"Act.—For the Disannexation of basutoland from the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. WHEREAS it is desirable that basutoland should cease to form part of the ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"There are numerous mission stations throughout basutoland, to several of ... basutoland is one of the greatest grain-growing countries of South Africa. ..."

4. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1898)
"basutoland became British territory, and the Basutos ~""~ British subjects, ... Free State and the Basutos' country; and, narrowed in limits, basutoland was ..."

5. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1899)
"and the Orange Free State, respecting the admission of basutoland into the ... 357-3*0-) Report by Sir HB Loch of his visit to basutoland in April, 1890; ..."

6. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"In 1871 basutoland was formally annexed to Cape Colony and was governed henceforward ... The same year which saw the annexation of basutoland to Cape Colony ..."

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