Malawi
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Malawi
Màláwì
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/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
Malawi
- A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Malawi.
- Synonym: (historical) Nyasaland
Holonyms
Translations
Republic of Malawi
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See also
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Further reading
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Lilongwe)
Derived terms
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Chichewa
Etymology
Chosen by Hastings Banda in 1964, ostensibly from malaŵí (“flames”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Maláŵi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Malawi n (indeclinable, related adjective malawský or malawiský, demonym Malawijec)
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Further reading
- Malawi in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Proper noun
Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension
| Inflection of Malawi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| 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 | — | ||
| abessive | Malawitta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Derived terms
compounds
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Malawi n (proper noun, genitive Malawis or (optionally with an article) Malawi)
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
- Synonym: Malawi Köztársaság
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Malawi | — |
| accusative | Malawit | — |
| dative | Malawinak | — |
| instrumental | Malawival | — |
| causal-final | Malawiért | — |
| translative | Malawivá | — |
| terminative | Malawiig | — |
| essive-formal | Malawiként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Malawiban | — |
| superessive | Malawin | — |
| adessive | Malawinál | — |
| illative | Malawiba | — |
| sublative | Malawira | — |
| allative | Malawihoz | — |
| elative | Malawiból | — |
| delative | Malawiról | — |
| ablative | Malawitól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Malawié | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Malawiéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Malawi | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Malawim | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Malawid | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Malawija | — |
| 1st person plural | Malawink | — |
| 2nd person plural | Malawitok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Malawijuk | — |
Derived terms
- malawi (“Malawian”)
Italian
Proper noun
Malawi m
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Malawi, from Chichewa malawi.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Malawi n (indeclinable)
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
Further reading
- Malawi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Malawi m
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Spanish
Proper noun
Malawi ?
- Alternative spelling of Malaui: Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun
Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
See also
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Malawi n (genitive Malawis)
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Malaui (“Malawi”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Malawi (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜏᜒ)
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Yoruba
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Màláwì
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Yucatec Maya
Etymology
From Spanish Malaui (“Malawi”).
Proper noun
Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)