Malawi
English

Malawi
Alternative forms
- Malaŵi (rare, scholarly)
Etymology
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
Proper noun
Malawi
- A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Malawi.
- Synonym: (historical) Nyasaland
Holonyms
Translations
Republic of Malawi
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See also
- 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]
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Catalan
Pronunciation
Chichewa
Etymology
Chosen by Hastings Banda in 1964, ostensibly from malaŵí (“flames”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈɽá.w⁽ᵝ⁾i/
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmalavɪ]
Proper noun
Malawi n (indeclinable, related adjective malawský or malawiský, demonym Malawijec)
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Further reading
- Malawi in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑlɑwi/, [ˈmɑ̝lɑ̝wi]
- Rhymes: -ɑlɑwi
- Syllabification(key): Ma‧la‧wi
Declension
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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German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Malawi n (proper noun, genitive Malawis or (optionally with an article) Malawi)
- Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɒlɒvi]
- Hyphenation: Ma‧la‧wi
- Rhymes: -vi
Declension
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
- malawi (“Malawian”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈla.vi/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -avi
- Syllabification: Ma‧la‧wi
Further reading
- Malawi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Spanish
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
See also
- (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
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈlawi/, [mɐˈla.wɪ]
- Hyphenation: Ma‧la‧wi
Yucatec Maya
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