Malawi

See also: Maláwi and Malaŵi

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Said to be from Chichewa malawi (“flames”), after the appearance of the sunrise over Lake Malawi; also possibly from Maravi, the name of an early Malawi tribe, or from an old name for a lake. Chosen by Hastings Banda in 1964.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /məˈlɑːwi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /məˈlɑːwi/, /mɑːˈlɑːwi/

Proper noun

Malawi

  1. Country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Malawi.

Holonyms

Translations

See also

  • Countries of the world

Further reading

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Malawi

  1. Malawi

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Malawi

  1. Malawi

Chichewa

Etymology

Chosen by Hastings Banda in 1964, ostensibly from malaŵí (“flames”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈɽá.w⁽ᵝ⁾i/

Proper noun

Maláŵi

  1. Malawi

Czech

Proper noun

Malawi n

  1. Malawi

Further reading

  • Malawi in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Proper noun

Malawi

  1. Malawi

Derived terms

Finnish

Proper noun

Malawi

  1. Malawi

Declension

Inflection of Malawi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Malawi —
genitive Malawin —
partitive Malawia —
illative Malawiin —
singular plural
nominative Malawi —
accusative nom. Malawi —
gen. Malawin
genitive Malawin —
partitive Malawia —
inessive Malawissa —
elative Malawista —
illative Malawiin —
adessive Malawilla —
ablative Malawilta —
allative Malawille —
essive Malawina —
translative Malawiksi —
instructive — —
abessive Malawitta —
comitative — —

Derived terms

German

Proper noun

Malawi n (genitive Malawis)

  1. Malawi

Derived terms

Italian

Proper noun

Malawi m

  1. Malawi

Derived terms

Malagasy

Proper noun

Malawi

  1. Malawi

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Malawi

  1. Malawi

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Malawi

  1. Malawi

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈla.vʲi/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Malawi n

  1. Malawi

Derived terms

  • Malawijczyk m, Malawijka f
  • adjective: malawijski

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Malawi m

  1. Malawi (a country in southeastern Africa)
  2. Malawi (a river in southeastern Africa)

Spanish

Proper noun

Malawi ?

  1. Alternative spelling of Malaui

Swahili

Proper noun

Malawi

  1. Malawi (country in Southern Africa)

Swedish

Proper noun

Malawi n (genitive Malawis)

  1. Malawi

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Malaui (“Malawi”).

Proper noun

Malawi

  1. Malawi
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