Malawi
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /məˈlɑːwi/
- (US) IPA(key): /məˈlɑːwi/, /mɑːˈlɑːwi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Malawi
- A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Malawi.
- Synonym: (historical) Nyasaland
Holonyms
[edit]Translations
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See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Lilongwe)
Derived terms
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Chichewa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Chosen by Hastings Banda in 1964, ostensibly from malaŵí (“flames”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Maláŵi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Malawi n (indeclinable, related adjective malawský or malawiský, demonym Malawijec)
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Further reading
[edit]- “Malawi”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Malawi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
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Derived terms
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Malawi n (proper noun, genitive Malawis or (optionally with an article) Malawi)
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- (countries of Africa) Staaten Afrikas; Ägypten, Algerien, Angola, Äquatorialguinea, Äthiopien, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Dschibuti, Elfenbeinküste, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabun, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kamerun, Kap Verde, Kenia, Komoren, Demokratische Republik Kongo, Republik Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyen, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Marokko, Mauretanien, Mauritius, Mosambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Ruanda, Sambia, São Tomé und Príncipe, Senegal, Seychellen, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Südafrika, Sudan, Südsudan, Tansania, Togo, Tschad, Tunesien, Uganda, Zentralafrikanische Republik (Category: de:Countries in Africa)
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
- Synonym: Malawi Köztársaság
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
[edit]- malawi (“Malawian”)
Italian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Malawi m
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Malawi, from Chichewa malawi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Malawi n (indeclinable)
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Malawi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Malawi m
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Spanish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Malawi ?
- Alternative spelling of Malaui: Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Swahili
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
See also
[edit]- (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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Malawi n (genitive Malawis)
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms
[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish Malaui (“Malawi”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maˈlawi/ [mɐˈlaː.wɪ]
- Rhymes: -awi
- Syllabification: Ma‧la‧wi
Proper noun
[edit]Malawi (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜏᜒ)
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Yoruba
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Màláwì
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Yucatec Maya
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish Malaui (“Malawi”).
Proper noun
[edit]Malawi
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
- English terms derived from Chichewa
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Malawi
- en:Countries in Africa
- en:Countries
- Afrikaans terms with audio links
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Malawi
- af:Countries in Africa
- af:Countries
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with audio links
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan terms spelled with W
- ca:Malawi
- ca:Countries in Africa
- ca:Countries
- Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chichewa lemmas
- Chichewa proper nouns
- ny:Malawi
- ny:Countries in Africa
- ny:Countries
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech indeclinable nouns
- Czech terms spelled with W
- Czech neuter nouns
- cs:Malawi
- cs:Countries in Africa
- cs:Countries
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish terms spelled with W
- da:Malawi
- da:Countries in Africa
- da:Countries
- Finnish terms derived from Chichewa
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlɑwi
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlɑwi/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with W
- fi:Malawi
- fi:Countries in Africa
- fi:Countries
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Malawi
- de:Countries in Africa
- de:Countries
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/vi
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Malawi
- hu:Countries in Africa
- hu:Countries
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian terms spelled with W
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Malawi
- it:Countries in Africa
- it:Countries
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with W
- nb:Malawi
- nb:Countries in Africa
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with W
- nn:Malawi
- nn:Countries in Africa
- nn:Countries
- Polish terms borrowed from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish terms derived from Chichewa
- Polish 3-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/avi
- Rhymes:Polish/avi/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish neuter nouns
- pl:Malawi
- pl:Countries in Africa
- pl:Countries
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with W
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Malawi
- pt:Countries in Africa
- pt:Countries
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with W
- es:Malawi
- es:Countries in Africa
- es:Countries
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili proper nouns
- sw:Malawi
- sw:Countries in Africa
- sw:Countries
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish terms spelled with W
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Malawi
- sv:Countries in Africa
- sv:Countries
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/awi
- Rhymes:Tagalog/awi/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Malawi
- tl:Countries in Africa
- tl:Countries
- Yoruba terms borrowed from English
- Yoruba terms derived from English
- Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation
- Yoruba lemmas
- Yoruba proper nouns
- yo:Malawi
- yo:Countries in Africa
- yo:Countries
- Yucatec Maya terms derived from Spanish
- Yucatec Maya lemmas
- Yucatec Maya proper nouns
- yua:Malawi
- yua:Countries in Africa
- yua:Countries