Malawi

See also: Maláwi and Malaŵi

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

2. Country in Southern Africa. 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 (malaui)
• Breton: Malawi
• Bulgarian: Мала́ви m (Malávi)
• Burmese: မာလဝီ (mala.wi)
• Catalan: Malawi (ca)
• Chichewa: Malawi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬拉維 (zh), 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)
• 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 (Malavï)
• Khmer: ម៉ាឡាវី (km) (maalaavii)
• Kikuyu: Malawi
• Korean: 말라위 (Mallawi)

• Kyrgyz: Малави (Malavi)
• Lao: ມາລາວີ (mā lā wī)
• Latvian: Malāvija f
• 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, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries) [edit]}

Further reading

• Malawi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Malwai, walima

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Afrikaans

Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /məˈlaj/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /maˈlaj/

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑlɑwi/, [ˈmɑlɑwi]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑwi
• Syllabification: 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 (genitive Malawis)

1. Malawi

Derived terms

• Malawier
• Malawierin
• malawisch

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Italian

Proper noun

Malawi m

1. Malawi

Derived terms

• malawiano

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Malagasy

Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi

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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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈla.vʲi/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Malawi n

1. Malawi

Derived terms

• (nouns) Malawijczyk m, Malawijka f
• (adjective) malawijski

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

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

Proper noun

Malawi m

1. Malawi (a country in southeastern Africa)
2. Malawi (a river in southeastern Africa)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Malawi ?

1. Alternative spelling of Malaui

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Swahili

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

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Malaui (“Malawi”).

Proper noun

Malawi

1. Malawi