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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Malawi

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

   Synonym: (historical) Nyasaland

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 of 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
• 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

• Audio:

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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 of 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)

   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”)

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/

• Audio:

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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 of 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, Malaui, Malávi, Malavi, Maláwi

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /maˈlaw.i/

Proper noun

Malawi m

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Spanish

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 of 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 of 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^[1], 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)