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Mosi-oa-Tunya

/ ˈmɒsɪ-wa-ˈtuːnja /

plural noun

  1. the local name for Victoria Falls
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Mosi-oa-Tunya1

from Lozi: 'the smoke that thunders'
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Example Sentences

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.

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