Malawi

malawi mälawi Malaŵi Maláwi thumb|240px|Flag of Malawi English thumb|right|Malawi on a globe Alternative forms en Malaŵi rare scholarly Etymology Said to be from en ny lawi 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 en /məˈlɑːwi/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Malawi.wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Malawi.wav UK en /məˈlɑwi/ /mɑˈlɑwi/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Malawi.wav US en /məˈlɐːwi/ AU,NZ en /məˈlawe/ /-wɪ/ /-wi/ Scotland Proper noun en Q1020en country r/Southern Africa Republic of Malawi. en Nyasaland historical ; mul:MW<id:Q1020> mul:MWI<id:Q1020><qq:symbols> en Faith Karimi Potential crisis looms in Malawi amid reports of president’s death w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/06/world/africa/malawi-president/index.html 2012-04-06 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20220323073320/https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/06/world/africa/malawi-president/index.html Holonyms en Subsahara Derived terms en Lake Malawi Malawi gar Malawian Translations Q1020 Republic of Malawi Afrikaans: af Malawi Amharic: am ማላዊ Arabic: ar مَالَاوِي f, ar مَلَاوِي f Egyptian Arabic: arz مالاوى m malāwī f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܡܵܠܵܘܝܼ f Armenian: hy Մալավի Asturian: ast Malaui, ast Malawi Belarusian: be Мала́ві f Bengali: bn মালাউই Breton: br Malawi Bulgarian: bg Мала́ви m Burmese: my မာလဝီ Catalan: ca Malawi Chichewa: ny Malawi Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 馬拉維 Mǎlāwéi Czech: cs Malawi n Danish: da Malawi Dutch: nl Malawi Esperanto: eo Malavio Estonian: et Malawi Finnish: fi Malawi French: fr Malawi m Georgian: ka მალავი German: de Malawi Greek: el Μαλάουι n Hausa: ha Malawi Hindi: hi मलावी, hi मालावी m Hungarian: hu Malawi Interlingua: ia Malawi Irish: ga Maláiv f An Mhaláiv, ga Poblacht na Maláive f Italian: it Malawi m Japanese: ja マラウイ Maraui Kalenjin: kln Malawi Kamba: kam Malawi Kazakh: kk Малави Khmer: km ម៉ាឡាវី Kikuyu: ki Malawi Korean: ko ^말라위 Kyrgyz: ky Малави Lao: lo ມາລາວີ Latvian: lv Malāvija f Lithuanian: lt Malavis m Luhya: luy Malawi Luo: luo Malawi Macedonian: mk Мала́ви n Malagasy: mg Malawi Maltese: il-mt Malawi m Māori: mi Marāwi Meru: mer Malawi Mongolian: mn Малави Navajo: nv Malááwii Ndonga: ng Malawi Norman: nrf Malawi m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Malawi Persian: fa مالاوی mâlâvi Polish: pl Malawi Portuguese: pt Malawi m, pt Malavi m, pt Malaui m Romanian: ro Malawi Russian: ru Мала́ви f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Малави m Latin: sh Malavi m Slovak: sk Malawi n Slovene: sl Malavi m Spanish: es Malaui Swahili: sw Malawi Swedish: sv Malawi Tagalog: tl Malawi Tajik: tg Малави Tamil: ta மலாவி Thai: th มาลาวี Tigrinya: ti ማላዊ Tumbuka: tum Malaŵi Turkish: tr Malavi Ukrainian: uk Мала́ві f Vietnamese: vi Ma-la-uy Yoruba: yo Màláwì Zulu: zu IMalawi See also Countries of the world Further reading Anagrams en aailmw Malwai walima Afrikaans af: Pronunciation af LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Malawi.wav Proper noun af Malawi Q1020 af:Lilongwe Derived terms af Malawiër af Malawies Catalan ca: Pronunciation ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Malawi.wav Valencia Proper noun ca proper noun ca Malawi Q1020 Chichewa ny: Etymology Chosen by Hastings Banda in 1964, ostensibly from ny lawi malaŵí flames. Pronunciation Maláŵi Proper noun propn Maláŵi ny Malawi Q1020 Derived terms ny Nyanja ya Maláŵi Lake Malawi Czech cs: Pronunciation [w:v] Proper noun n 1 malawský,malawiský Malawijec cs Malawi Q1020 Further reading Danish da: Proper noun da Malawi Q1020 Derived terms da malawier da malawisk Finnish fi: Etymology From fi ny lawi malawi. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Malawi Q1020 Declension sg Malaw a Derived terms fi compounds keltamalawinahven kuusiraitamalawinahven malawinjänis German de: Pronunciation de De-Malawi.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym de Malawi Q1020 Derived terms de Malawier de malawisch See also Hungarian hu: Pronunciation hu Ma la wi hu vi Proper noun hu proper noun hu Malawi Q1020 hu:Malawi Köztársaság Declension Malawi o sgMalawi sg Derived terms hu malawi Malawian See also Indonesian id: Etymology From id ny lawi 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. Pronunciation Proper noun id Malawi Q1020 Noun a Malawian Adjective Malawian See also Further reading Italian it: Pronunciation [là]<r:DiPI> Proper noun m it Malawi Q1020 Derived terms it malawiano References Maltese mt: Proper noun proper noun m Il-Malawi mt Malawi Q1020 mt:Repubblika tal-Malawi See also Ndonga Etymology ng ny Maláŵi Malawi. Proper noun ng proper noun ng Malawi Q1020 References 204 Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|The flag of Malawi. thumb|Malawi in Africa. thumb|Sunrise over Lake Malawi. Etymology nb, based on nb ny Maláŵi Malawi. The immediate transmission route into Norwegian is nb 1 1. The name is traditionally explained from nb ny 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 nn Malawi, da Malawi, sv Malawi, de Malawi, nl Malawi and en Malawi. Pronunciation nb /¹maˈlɑː.ʋi/ [maˈlɑ̀ː.ʋɪ] nb ɑːʋi 3 nb Ma la wi Proper noun nb proper noun Malawi; nb country r/Southern Africa cont/Africa, along Lake Malawi, with Lilongwe as its capital. nb Familien bodde flere år i Malawi før de flyttet til Zambia. The family lived in Malawi for several years before moving to Zambia. nb 25 June 2026 Bjørn Johannessen Malawi Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Malawi Malawi er en republikk i det sørlige Afrika. Malawi is a republic in Southern Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20260901081904/https://snl.no/Malawi 1 September 2026 Usage notes 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. Derived terms nb malawier a Malawian nb malawisk Malawian See also References “Malawi” in Store norske leksikon. “Navn på stater” at Språkrådet. “Historiske navn” at Språkrådet. Yusuf M. Juwayeyi (2011), “Chewa migrations and the establishment of the Maravi”. Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Malawi Q1020 Related terms nn malawiar nn malawisk Polish Etymology pl :bor en:Malawi<ety:uder<ny:malawi>> 2 1 Pronunciation Pl-Malawi.ogg Proper noun n yes malawijski pl Malawi Q1020 Derived terms pl nouns Malawijczyk Malawijka See also Further reading Portuguese pt: Alternative forms pt Maláui Malávi Maláwi pt Malaui Malavi Etymology pt :ubor en:Malawi<ety:uder<ny:laŵí<alt:malaŵí><t:flames>>> 2 1 Pronunciation maláwi Màláu.i Proper noun m pt Malawi Q1020 Spanish Pronunciation Proper noun es Malaui: es Malawi Q1020 Swahili sw: Pronunciation sw Sw-ke-Malawi.flac Kenya Proper noun sw proper noun sw Malawi Q1020 See also Swedish sv: Pronunciation sv /maˈlɑːvɪ/ sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Malawi.wav Proper noun n sv Malawi Q1020 Related terms sv malawier sv malawisk sv malawiska See also References saol Svensk MeSH Tagalog Etymology tl :bor es:Malaui<t:Malawi> + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun + tl Malawi Q1020 Welsh cy: Proper noun f cy Malawi Q1020 See also Further reading Malawi Yoruba yo:Màláwì thumb|Màláwì Etymology yo en Malawi. Pronunciation Màláwì 1 Proper noun Màláwì yo Malawi Q1020 Yucatec Maya Etymology From yua es Malaui Malawi. Proper noun yua proper noun yua Malawi Q1020