Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - molopo

 geographical name river 600 miles (966 kilometers) S Africa flowing W along border between Botswana & Republic of South Africa & thence S into Orange River; now usually dry MOLOTOV COCKTAIL  noun  Etymology: Vyacheslav M. Molotov  Date: 1940 a crude bomb made of a bottle filled with a flammable liquid (as gasoline) and usually fitted with a wick (as a saturated rag) that is ignited just before the bottle is hurled