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

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 (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: Màláwì
• 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

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, related 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

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

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)

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

adjective

• malawijski

 

nouns

• Malawijczyk
• Malawijka

 

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; 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]}

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Malawi n (genitive Malawis)

1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• malawier
• malawisk
• malawiska

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)

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)