Lilongwe

Lilongwe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Chichewa Lilongwe. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɪˈlɒŋw(e)ɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ləˈlɑŋwi/, /lɪˈlɔŋweɪ/

Proper noun

Lilongwe

1. A city, the capital city of Malawi.

Translations

capital of Malawi

Arabic: لِيلُونْغْوِي‎ m (lilunḡwī), لِيلُونْجْوِي‎ m (lilungwī) Armenian: Լիլոնգվե (Lilongve) Azerbaijani: Lilonqve Chichewa: Lilongwe Chinese: Cantonese: (please verify) 里朗威 (lei5 long5 wai1) Mandarin: 利隆圭 (zh) (Lìlóngguī) Danish: Lilongwe c Esperanto: Lilongvo (eo) French: Lilongwe (fr) f, Lilongwé (fr) f Georgian: ლილონგვე (lilongve) German: Lilongwe (de) n Greek: Λιλόνγκουε f (Lilóngkoue)

Hungarian: Lilongwe (hu) Icelandic: Lílongve n Japanese: リロングウェ (Rironguwe) Korean: (South Korea) 릴롱궤 (Rillonggwe), (North Korea) 리롱웨 (Rirong-we) Latvian: Lilongve f Lithuanian: Lilongvė f Polish: Lilongwe (pl) n Portuguese: Lilongwe (pt) f, Lilongué (pt) f Romanian: Lilongwe (ro) n Russian: Лило́нгве m (Lilóngvɛ) Spanish: Lilongüe (es) f Swahili: Lilongwe Ukrainian: Ліло́нгве m (Lilónhve)

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Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɽiˈɽo.ᵑɡʷe/

Proper noun

Lilongwe

1. Lilongwe (a city, the capital city of Malawi)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Lilongué

Etymology

Borrowed from Chichewa Lilongwe. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /lilõˈɡwɛ/

Proper noun

Lilongwe f

1. Lilongwe (a city, the capital city of Malawi)