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See also: malawi, mälawi, Malaŵi, and Maláwi
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English

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Malawi

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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.

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Malawi

  2. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Malawi.
    Synonyms: (historical) Nyasaland; MW, MWI (symbols)
    • 2012 April 6, Faith Karimi, “Potential crisis looms in Malawi amid reports of president’s death”, in CNN‎[1], archived from the original on 23 March 2022:
      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.

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Translations

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See also

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countries in Africa (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Malawi

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

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Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

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Malawi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Chichewa

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Chichewa Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maˈɽá.w⁽ᵝ⁾i/

Proper noun

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Maláŵi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

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

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Further reading

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Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Proper noun

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Malawi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

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Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology

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From Chichewa malawi.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Malawi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

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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 — —

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compounds

German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Malawi n (proper noun, genitive Malawis or (optionally with an article) Malawi)

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

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countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

Hungarian

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 Malawi on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Malawi

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

Declension

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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 —

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countries in Africa: Afrika országai (appendix)edit

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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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.

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Malawi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

Noun

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Malawi (plural Malawi-Malawi or para Malawi)

  1. Malawian

Adjective

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Malawi (comparative lebih Malawi, superlative paling Malawi)

  1. Malawian

See also

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countries in Africa: negara-negara di Afrika (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Malawi m

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

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References

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  1. ^ “Malawi” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Maltese

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Maltese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia mt

Proper noun

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Il-Malawi m

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa; official name: Repubblika tal-Malawi)

See also

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countries in Africa: pajjiżi tal-Afrika (appendix)edit

Ndonga

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Chichewa Maláŵi (“Malawi”).

Proper noun

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Malawi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

References

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  • T.E.Tirronen (1986), Ndonga-English Vocabulary‎[2], ELOC Printing Press, page 204

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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The flag of Malawi.
Malawi in Africa.
Sunrise over Lake Malawi.

Etymology

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Internationalism, based on Chichewa Maláŵi (“Malawi”). The immediate transmission route into Norwegian is unknown.

The name is traditionally explained from Chichewa malaŵí (“flames”). In Chewa oral tradition, Malawi was the name of an area around the lake, which was said to resemble flames or a mirage when viewed from the surrounding highlands. Early Portuguese sources rendered the name as Maravj or Maravy, whence the conventional name Maravi for the precolonial state in the region. The modern country adopted the name Malawi when it became independent in 1964, replacing the colonial name Nyasaland.

Parallel international adaptations include Norwegian Nynorsk Malawi, Danish Malawi, Swedish Malawi, German Malawi, Dutch Malawi and English Malawi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /¹maˈlɑː.ʋi/, [maˈlɑ̀ː.ʋɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːʋi
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧la‧wi

Proper noun

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Malawi

  1. Malawi; a country in Southern Africa, Africa, along Lake Malawi, with Lilongwe as its capital.
    Familien bodde flere år i Malawi før de flyttet til Zambia. ― The family lived in Malawi for several years before moving to Zambia.
    • 2026 June 25, Bjørn Johannessen, “Malawi”, in Store norske leksikon‎[3]:
      Malawi er en republikk i det sørlige Afrika.
      Malawi is a republic in Southern Africa.

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  • The official Norwegian long-form name is Republikken Malawi (“the Republic of Malawi”).
  • Before independence in 1964, the territory was known under British rule as Nyasaland.

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countries in Africa: land i Afrika (appendix)edit

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

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Malawi

  1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
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Polish

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Chichewa malawi
English Malawibor.
Polish Malawi

    Borrowed from English Malawi, from Chichewa malawi.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /maˈla.vi/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -avi
    • Syllabification: Ma‧la‧wi

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    Malawi n (indeclinable, related adjective malawijski)

    1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

    Derived terms

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    nouns

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    countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

    Further reading

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    • “Malawi”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish)

    Portuguese

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    Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Chichewa malaŵí
    English Malawiubor.
    Portuguese Malawi

      Unadapted borrowing from English Malawi, from Chichewa malaŵí (“flames”).

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      Malawi m

      1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

      Spanish

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      Pronunciation

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

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      Malawi ?

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

      Swahili

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      Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia sw

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      Malawi

      1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

      See also

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      countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

      Swedish

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      Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia sv

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      Malawi n (genitive Malawis)

      1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
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      countries in Africa: Afrikas länder (appendix)edit

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      Tagalog

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from Spanish Malaui (“Malawi”).

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        Malawi (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜏᜒ)

        1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

        Welsh

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        Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia cy

        Proper noun

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        Malawi f

        1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

        See also

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        countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

        Further reading

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        • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “Malawi”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[5], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN

        Yoruba

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         Màláwì on Yoruba Wikipedia
        Màláwì

        Etymology

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        Borrowed from English Malawi.

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        Màláwì

        1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)

        Yucatec Maya

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        Etymology

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        From Spanish Malaui (“Malawi”).

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        Malawi

        1. Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
        Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Malawi&oldid=93016846"