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"2": "lawi",
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"4": "flames"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Chosen by Hastings Banda in 1964, ostensibly from malaŵí (“flames”).",
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{
"form": "Maláŵi",
"tags": [
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]
}
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},
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},
{
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"name": "Countries",
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"name": "Countries in Africa",
"orig": "ny:Countries in Africa",
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"Africa",
"Polities",
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"Nouns",
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},
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"kind": "place",
"langcode": "ny",
"name": "Malawi",
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"Africa",
"Earth",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)"
],
"id": "en-Malawi-ny-name-H1W6DMTn",
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[
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"Malawi#English:_Q1020"
],
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"Southern Africa",
"Southern Africa#English"
]
],
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"ny:Malawi"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/maˈɽá.w⁽ᵝ⁾i/"
}
],
"word": "Malawi"
}
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},
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}
],
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}
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"Malawi (a country in Southern Africa)"
],
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"Malawi",
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],
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"Southern Africa",
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/maˈɽá.w⁽ᵝ⁾i/"
}
],
"word": "Malawi"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chichewa dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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