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Malawi

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See also: malawi, mälawi, Malaŵi, and Maláwi
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English

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Malawi

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Proper noun

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Malawi

  2. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Malawi.
    Synonyms: (historical) Nyasaland; MW, MWI (symbols)
    • 2012 April 6, Faith Karimi, “Potential crisis looms in Malawi amid reports of president’s death”, in CNN‎[1], archived from the original on 23 March 2022:
      A possible constitutional crisis loomed in Malawi following the reported death of President Bingu wa Mutharika, once hailed as a positive steward for the southern African country.

Holonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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countries in Africa (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia af

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Malawi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Lilongwe)

Derived terms

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Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

Pronunciation

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Malawi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Chichewa

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Chichewa Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ny

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈɽá.w⁽ᵝ⁾i/

Proper noun

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Maláŵi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

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Malawi n (indeclinable, relational adjective malawský or malawiský, demonym Malawijec)

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Further reading

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Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Proper noun

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Malawi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

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Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology

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From Chichewa malawi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑlɑwi/, [ˈmɑ̝lɑ̝wi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑwi
  • Syllabification(key): Ma‧la‧wi
  • Hyphenation(key): Ma‧la‧wi

Proper noun

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Malawi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

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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 —
abessive Malawitta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Malawi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Malawini —
accusative nom. Malawini —
gen. Malawini
genitive Malawini —
partitive Malawiani —
inessive Malawissani —
elative Malawistani —
illative Malawiini —
adessive Malawillani —
ablative Malawiltani —
allative Malawilleni —
essive Malawinani —
translative Malawikseni —
abessive Malawittani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Malawisi —
accusative nom. Malawisi —
gen. Malawisi
genitive Malawisi —
partitive Malawiasi —
inessive Malawissasi —
elative Malawistasi —
illative Malawiisi —
adessive Malawillasi —
ablative Malawiltasi —
allative Malawillesi —
essive Malawinasi —
translative Malawiksesi —
abessive Malawittasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Malawimme —
accusative nom. Malawimme —
gen. Malawimme
genitive Malawimme —
partitive Malawiamme —
inessive Malawissamme —
elative Malawistamme —
illative Malawiimme —
adessive Malawillamme —
ablative Malawiltamme —
allative Malawillemme —
essive Malawinamme —
translative Malawiksemme —
abessive Malawittamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Malawinne —
accusative nom. Malawinne —
gen. Malawinne
genitive Malawinne —
partitive Malawianne —
inessive Malawissanne —
elative Malawistanne —
illative Malawiinne —
adessive Malawillanne —
ablative Malawiltanne —
allative Malawillenne —
essive Malawinanne —
translative Malawiksenne —
abessive Malawittanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Malawinsa —
accusative nom. Malawinsa —
gen. Malawinsa
genitive Malawinsa —
partitive Malawiaan
Malawiansa 		—
inessive Malawissaan
Malawissansa 		—
elative Malawistaan
Malawistansa 		—
illative Malawiinsa —
adessive Malawillaan
Malawillansa 		—
ablative Malawiltaan
Malawiltansa 		—
allative Malawilleen
Malawillensa 		—
essive Malawinaan
Malawinansa 		—
translative Malawikseen
Malawiksensa 		—
abessive Malawittaan
Malawittansa 		—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

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compounds

German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Malawi n (proper noun, genitive Malawis or (optionally with an article) Malawi)

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

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countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

Hungarian

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 Malawi on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒlɒvi]
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧la‧wi
  • Rhymes: -vi

Proper noun

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Malawi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa; official name: Malawi Köztársaság)

Declension

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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

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See also

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countries in Africa: Afrika országai (appendix)edit

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Malawi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Noun

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Malawi (plural Malawi-Malawi or para Malawi)

  1. Malawian

Adjective

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Malawi (comparative lebih Malawi, superlative paling Malawi)

  1. Malawian

See also

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countries in Africa: negara-negara di Afrika (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Malawi m

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Malawi in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Ndonga

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Chichewa Maláŵi (“Malawi”).

Proper noun

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Malawi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

References

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  • T.E.Tirronen (1986), Ndonga-English Vocabulary‎[2], ELOC Printing Press, page 204

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Proper noun

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Malawi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

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Malawi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Malawi, from Chichewa malawi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈla.vi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -avi
  • Syllabification: Ma‧la‧wi

Proper noun

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Malawi n (indeclinable, related adjective malawijski)

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

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nouns

See also

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countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

Further reading

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  • Malawi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Malawi, from Chichewa malaŵí (“flames”).

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Malawi m

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈlawi/ [maˈla.wi]
  • Rhymes: -awi
  • Syllabification: Ma‧la‧wi

Proper noun

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Malawi ?

  1. alternative spelling of Malaui: Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Pronunciation

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Malawi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

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countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Pronunciation

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Malawi n (genitive Malawis)

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
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See also

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countries in Africa: Afrikas länder (appendix)edit

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Malaui (“Malawi”).

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Malawi (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜏᜒ)

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Welsh

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Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Proper noun

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Malawi f

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

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countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

Further reading

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  • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “Malawi”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[3], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN

Yoruba

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 Màláwì on Yoruba Wikipedia
Màláwì

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Malawi.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Màláwì

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Yucatec Maya

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Etymology

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From Spanish Malaui (“Malawi”).

Proper noun

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Malawi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
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