Lapa (structure)

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A Lapa is a popular structure in Southern Africa. The word Lapa comes from Sotho and Tswana and means ‘home’. There are two ways of referring to this word; one as referring to it as Lapa, and the other as Lelapa. Lapa and Lelapa can be used interchangeably. The word Lapa can be translated into English as 'yard' (referring to both the house and the land attached), or as 'family'.