Malawi

See also: malawi, mälawi, Malaŵi, and Maláwi

English

Malawi

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/

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Proper noun

Malawi

2. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Malawi.

   Synonym: (historical) Nyasaland

   • 2012 April 6, Faith Karimi, “Potential crisis looms in Malawi amid reports of president’s death”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Malawi gar

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)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܠܵܘܝܼ f (mālāwī)
• 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 (ka) (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 (kk) (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 (mg)
• 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 (Malav-i)
• Thai: มาลาวี (th) (maa-laa-wii)
• Tigrinya: ማላዊ (malawi)
• Tumbuka: Malaŵi
• Turkish: Malavi (tr)
• Ukrainian: Мала́ві (uk) f (Malávi)
• Vietnamese: Ma-la-uy
• Yoruba: Màláwì
• Zulu: IMalawi

See also

• Countries of the world

countries in Africa (appendix)edit

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
• 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

Further reading

• Malawi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Malwai, walima

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Malawi

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

Derived terms

• Malawiër
• Malawies

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈla.wi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈla.wi]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Chichewa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɽá.w⁽ᵝ⁾i/

Proper noun

Maláŵi

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalavɪ]

Proper noun

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

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Further reading

• “Malawi”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• malawier
• malawisk

Finnish

Etymology

From Chichewa malawi.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

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	—
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

compounds

• keltamalawinahven
• kuusiraitamalawinahven
• malawinjänis

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• Malawier
• malawisch

See also

countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

• Ägypten
• Algerien
• Angola
• Äquatorialguinea
• Äthiopien
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Demokratische Republik Kongo
• Dschibuti
• Elfenbeinküste
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Gabun
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kamerun
• Kap Verde
• Kenia
• Komoren
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libyen
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marokko
• Mauretanien
• Mauritius
• Mosambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republik Kongo
• Ruanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Seychellen
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Südafrika
• Sudan
• Südsudan
• São Tomé und Príncipe
• Tansania
• Togo
• Tschad
• Tunesien
• Uganda
• Zentralafrikanische Republik

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Malawi

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

See also

countries in Africa: Afrika országai (appendix)edit

• Algéria
• Angola
• Benin
• Bissau-Guinea
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Comore-szigetek
• Csád
• Dél-afrikai Köztársaság
• Dél-Szudán
• Dzsibuti
• Egyenlítői-Guinea
• Egyiptom
• Elefántcsontpart
• Eritrea
• Etiópia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghána
• Guinea
• Kamerun
• Kenya
• Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság
• Kongói Köztársaság
• Közép-afrikai Köztársaság
• Lesotho
• Libéria
• Líbia
• Madagaszkár
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marokkó
• Mauritánia
• Mauritius
• Mozambik
• Namíbia
• Niger
• Nigéria
• Ruanda
• Seychelle-szigetek
• Sierra Leone
• São Tomé és Príncipe
• Szenegál
• Szomália
• Szudán
• Szváziföld
• Tanzánia
• Togo
• Tunézia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe
• Zöld-foki Köztársaság

Italian

Proper noun

Malawi m

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• malawiano

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• malawier
• malawisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• malawiar
• malawisk

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Malawi, from Chichewa malawi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈla.vi/

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

Proper noun

Malawi n (indeclinable, related adjective malawijski)

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

nouns

• Malawijczyk
• Malawijka

See also

countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

• Algieria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Czad
• Demokratyczna Republika Konga
• Dżibuti
• Egipt
• Erytrea
• Eswatini
• Etiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gwinea
• Gwinea Bissau
• Gwinea Równikowa
• Kamerun
• Kenia
• Komory
• Kongo
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Maroko
• Mauretania
• Mauritius
• Mozambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Południowa Afryka
• Republika Środkowoafrykańska
• Republika Zielonego Przylądka
• Rwanda
• Sahara Zachodnia
• Senegal
• Seszele
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Południowy
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunezja
• Uganda
• Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
• Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• Malawi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Maláui, Malávi, Maláwi
• Malaui, Malavi

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Malawi.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈla.wi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /maˈlaw.i/

Proper noun

Malawi m

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Malawi ?

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

• Afrika Kusini
• Algeria ~ Aljeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Chad ~ Chadi
• Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
• Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
• Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
• Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
• Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
• Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
• Jibuti ~ Djibouti
• Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
• Kenya
• Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagaska, Bukini
• Malawi, Unyasa
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mayotte
• Misri, Umisri
• Morisi
• Moroko ~ Maroko
• Msumbiji, Mozambik
• Mtakatifu Helena
• Namibia
• Niger ~ Nijeri
• Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
• Rwanda ~ Ruanda
• Réunion
• Sahara ya Magharibi
• Sao Tome na Principe
• Senegal ~ Senegali
• Shelisheli
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Kusini
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Uswazi, Swaziland
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Malawi n (genitive Malawis)

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• malawier
• malawisk
• malawiska

References

• Malawi in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Malaui (“Malawi”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈlawi/ [mɐˈlaː.wɪ]
• Rhymes: -awi
• Syllabification: Ma‧la‧wi

Proper noun

Malawi (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜏᜒ)

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Welsh

Proper noun

Malawi f

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

• Angola
• Algeria
• Benin
• Botswana
• Bwrcina Ffaso
• Bwrwndi
• Cabo Verde
• Camerŵn
• Cenia
• De Affrica
• De Swdan
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gini
• Gini Bisaw
• Gini Gyhydeddol
• Gorllewin Sahara
• Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica
• Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo
• Gweriniaeth y Congo
• Jibwti
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagasgar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mawrisiws
• Mawritania
• Moroco
• Mosambic
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Swdan
• São Tomé a Príncipe
• Tansania
• Tiwnisia
• Togo
• Tsiad
• Wganda
• y Comoros
• y Seychelles
• y Traeth Ifori
• yr Aifft

References

• Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN

Yoruba

Màláwì

Etymology

Borrowed from English Malawi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mà.lá.wì/

Proper noun

Màláwì

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Yucatec Maya

Etymology

From Spanish Malaui (“Malawi”).

Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)