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Malawi

/məˈlɑːwi//məˈlɑwi/

Malawi proper noun: a country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Malawi.

malawi: a country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Malawi
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Proper noun

Malawi

  1. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Malawi.
    • 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.2012 April 6, Faith Karimi, “Potential crisis looms in Malawi amid reports of president’s death”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2022
    Synonyms:
    Nyasaland

Malawi meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

Malawi in Hindi

Republic of Malawi
मलावी malāvī, मालावी mālāvī

Malawi in Tamil

Republic of Malawi
மலாவி malāvi

Malawi in Bengali

Republic of Malawi
মালাউই malaui

Malawi in Kannada

ಮಲಾವಿ
More languagesFewer languages
Malawi in Tagalog
Malawi
Malawi in Arabic
مَالَاوِي mālāwī, مَلَاوِي malāwī
Malawi in Persian
مالاوی mâlâvi
Malawi in Thai
มาลาวี maa-laa-wii
Malawi in Vietnamese
Ma-la-uy
Malawi in Myanmar
မာလဝီ mala.wi

Synonyms of Malawi

Forms of Malawi

alternative form (rare)Malaŵi

Origin of Malawi

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.

Words formed from Malawi

Phrases with Malawi

Questions about Malawi

What does Malawi mean?
Malawi means a country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Malawi.
What is Malawi in Hindi?
Malawi in Hindi is मलावी (malāvī), मालावी (mālāvī). See Malawi meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Malawi?
Malawi is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Malawi?
Malawi is pronounced /məˈlɑːwi/ (UK).

Words near Malawi in the dictionary

  1. malavogued
  2. malavogues
  3. malavoguing
  4. malawach
  5. malawah
  6. Malawi
  7. Malawi gar
  8. Malawian
  9. Malawian English
  10. Malawians
  11. malawimonad

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Malawi (page history and authors); Malawi (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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