Malawi

Malawi

See also: malawi, mälawi, Malaŵi, and Maláwi

English

Alternative forms

• Malaŵi (rare, scholarly)

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 (UK)

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Proper noun

Malawi

1. A country in Southern Africa, previously named Nyasaland. Official name: Republic of Malawi

Holonyms

• Subsahara

Translations

Republic of Malawi

Afrikaans: Malawi (af) Amharic: ማላዊ (malawi) Arabic: مَالَاوِي‎ f (mālāwī), مَلَاوِي‎ f (malāwī) Egyptian Arabic: مالاوى‎ m or f (malāwī) Armenian: Մալավի (Malavi) Belarusian: Мала́ві f (Malávi) Bengali: মালাউই (bn) (malaui) Breton: Malawi (br) Bulgarian: Мала́ви m (Malávi) Burmese: မာလဝီ (mala.wi) Catalan: Malawi (ca) Chichewa: Malawi Chinese: Mandarin: 馬拉維／马拉维 (zh) (Mǎlāwéi) Czech: Malawi (cs) n Danish: Malawi Dutch: Malawi (nl) Esperanto: Malavio (eo) Estonian: Malawi (et) Finnish: Malawi (fi) French: Malawi (fr) m Georgian: მალავი (malavi) German: Malawi (de) Greek: Μαλάουι (el) n (Maláoui) Hausa: Malawi Hindi: मलावी (hi) (malāvī), मालावी m (mālāvī) Hungarian: Malawi (hu) Interlingua: Malawi Irish: An Mhaláiv f, Poblacht na Maláive f Italian: Malawi (it) m Japanese: マラウイ (ja) (Maraui) Kalenjin: Malawi Kamba: Malawi Kazakh: Малави (Malavi) Khmer: ម៉ាឡាវី (km) (maalaavii) Kikuyu: Malawi Korean: 말라위 (ko) (Mallawi) Kyrgyz: Малави (Malavi) Lao: ມາລາວີ (mā lā wī) Latvian: Malāvija f Lithuanian: Malavis (lt) m Luhya: Malawi Luo: Malawi Macedonian: Мала́ви n (Malávi) Malagasy: Malawi Maori: Marāwi Meru: Malawi Mongolian: Малави (Malavi) Navajo: Malááwii Norman: Malawi m Norwegian: Malawi (no) Persian: مالاوی‎ (mâlâvi) Polish: Malawi (pl) Portuguese: Malawi (pt) m, Malavi (pt) m, Malaui (pt) m Romanian: Malawi (ro) Russian: Мала́ви (ru) f (Malávi) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Малави m Roman: Malavi (sh) m Slovak: Malawi n Slovene: Malavi (sl) m Spanish: Malaui (es) Swahili: Malawi (sw) Swedish: Malawi (sv) Tagalog: Malawi (tl) Tajik: Малави (Malavi) Thai: มาลาวี (th) (maa-laa-wii) Tigrinya: ማላዊ (malawi) Tumbuka: Malaŵi Turkish: Malavi (tr) Ukrainian: Мала́ві (uk) f (Malávi) Vietnamese: Ma-la-uy Yoruba: Malawi Zulu: IMalawi

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

• Malawi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Malwai, walima

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi (a country in Africa)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /məˈla.wi/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /maˈla.wi/

• Audio (Valencian)

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Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi

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Chichewa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɽá.w⁽ᵝ⁾i/

Proper noun

Maláŵi

1. Malawi

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Czech

Proper noun

Malawi n

1. Malawi

Related terms

• malawský
• malawiský
• Malawijec

Further reading

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

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Danish

Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi

Derived terms

• malawier
• malawisk

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Finnish

Etymology

From Chichewa malawi.

Pronunciation

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

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		—	—

Possessive forms of Malawi (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Malawini	Malawimme
2nd person	Malawisi	Malawinne
3rd person	Malawinsa

Derived terms

• malawilainen

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

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

1. Malawi (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

• Malawier
• malawisch

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi (a country in 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”)

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Italian

Proper noun

Malawi m

1. Malawi

Derived terms

• malawiano

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi

Related terms

• malawier
• malawisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi

Related terms

• malawiar
• malawisk

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Malawi, from Chichewa malawi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈla.vi/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -avi
• Syllabification: Ma‧la‧wi

Proper noun

Malawi n (indeclinable)

1. Malawi (a country in East Africa)

Derived terms

adjective

• malawijski

 

nouns

• Malawijczyk
• Malawijka

 

Further reading

• Malawi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Malawi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Malaui
• Malavi
• Maláui
• Malávi (uncommon)
• Maláwi (rare)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /maˈlaw.i/

Proper noun

Malawi m

1. Malawi (a country in southeastern Africa)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Malawi ?

1. Alternative spelling of Malaui

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Proper noun

Malawi

1. 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]}

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Swedish

Proper noun

Malawi n (genitive Malawis)

1. Malawi

Related terms

• malawier
• malawisk
• malawiska

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Malaui (“Malawi”).

Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi, a country in Africa.

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Yoruba

Màláwì

Etymology

Borrowed from English Malawi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mà.lá.wì/

Proper noun

Màláwì

1. Malawi (a country in Africa)

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Yucatec Maya

Etymology

From Spanish Malaui (“Malawi”).

Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi (a country in Africa)