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Nyasaland

/naɪˈæsələnd/

Nyasaland proper noun: a former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa; modern Malawi.

Proper noun

Nyasaland

  1. (historical) A former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa; modern Malawi.
    • After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana.2018 April 20, Bard Wilkinson, “Absolute monarch renames Swaziland ‘eSwatini’”, in CNN

Nyasaland meaning in Tamil

Nyasaland in Tamil

இது ஒரு நாடாகும்

Origin of Nyasaland

From Yao (Africa) nyasa (“lake”) in reference to Lake Malawi, plus the suffix -land.

Words formed from Nyasaland

Phrases with Nyasaland

Questions about Nyasaland

What does Nyasaland mean?
Nyasaland means a former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa; modern Malawi.
What is Nyasaland in Tamil?
Nyasaland in Tamil is இது ஒரு நாடாகும். See Nyasaland meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Nyasaland?
Nyasaland is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Nyasaland?
Nyasaland is pronounced /naɪˈæsələnd/.

Words near Nyasaland in the dictionary

  1. Nyarko
  2. Nyarkos
  3. Nyarrin
  4. nyas
  5. nyasa
  6. Nyasaland
  7. Nyasalander
  8. Nyasalanders
  9. nyases
  10. nyash
  11. nyatiti

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Nyasaland (page history and authors); Nyasaland (Tamil 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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