Malawian

English

Etymology

From Malawi +‎ -an.

Noun

Malawian (plural Malawians)

1. A person from Malawi or of Malawian descent.
   • 2016 February 29, Ralf Bodelier, “Slums can transform peoples’ lives for the better”, in Africa at LSE‎^[1]:

     The average Malawian earns about US$250 monthly.

   • 2023 December 1, Charles Pensulo, “Apprehension in Malawi as government sends workers to Israel amid Gaza war”, in Al Jazeera‎^[2]:

     The departure of hundreds of Malawians to Israel to work as farm labourers has sparked a debate within the Southern African country, which is looking to raise much-needed foreign currency amid a cash crunch.

Hypernyms

• sub-Saharan, African

Translations

A person from Malawi or of Malawian descent

• Afrikaans: Malawiër
• Catalan: malawià m
• Chichewa: Mmalawi
• Czech: Malawijec (cs) m
• Dutch: Malawiër (nl) m, Malawische (nl) f
• Esperanto: malaviano (man or woman), malavianino (woman)
• French: Malawite (fr) m or f, Malawien (fr) m
• German: Malawier (de) m, Malawierin (de) f
• Hungarian: malawi (hu)
• Irish: Malávach m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: malawier m

  Nynorsk: malawiar (nn) m

• Polish: Malawijczyk (pl) m, Malawijka (pl) f
• Portuguese: malauiano (pt) m, malauiana f, malawiano (pt) m, malawiana f
• Romanian: malawian m, malawiană f
• Russian: малави́ец (ru) m (malavíjec), малави́йка (ru) f (malavíjka)
• Spanish: malauí m
• Swahili: Mmalawi (sw)
• Turkish: Malavili (tr)
• Ukrainian: малаві́єць m (malavíjecʹ), малаві́йка f (malavíjka)

Adjective

Malawian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Malawi or the Malawian people.
   • 2016 February 29, Ralf Bodelier, “Slums can transform peoples’ lives for the better”, in Africa at LSE‎^[3]:

     As a youngster Filesi heard about the fast life in Blantyre, the big Malawian city that encompasses Ndirande slum.

Derived terms

• Malawian English

 

Translations

Of, from, or pertaining to Malawi or the Malawian people

• Afrikaans: Malawies
• Catalan: malawià
• Czech: malawský (cs), malawiský (cs)
• Dutch: Malawisch (nl)
• Esperanto: malavia
• German: malawisch (de)
• Hungarian: malawi (hu)
• Irish: Malávach
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: malawisk

  Nynorsk: malawisk (nn)

• Polish: malawijski (pl)
• Portuguese: malauiano (pt), malawiano (pt)
• Romanian: malawian
• Russian: малави́йский (ru) (malavíjskij)
• Spanish: malauí
• Swahili: Kimalawi
• Swedish: malawisk (sv)
• Turkish: malavili
• Ukrainian: мала́війський (malávijsʹkyj)