"Lilongwe" meaning in English

See Lilongwe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /lɪˈlɒŋw(e)ɪ/ [UK], /ləˈlɑŋwi/ [US], /lɪˈlɔŋweɪ/ [US]
Etymology: Borrowed from Chichewa Lilongwe. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ny|Lilongwe}} Chichewa Lilongwe Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Lilongwe
  1. A city, the capital city of Malawi. Wikipedia link: Lilongwe Categories (place): Cities in Malawi, National capitals, Places in Malawi Translations (capital of Malawi): Lilongwe (Afrikaans), لِيلُونْغْوِي (lilunḡwī) [masculine] (Arabic), لِيلُونْجْوِي (lilungwī) [masculine] (Arabic), Լիլոնգվե (Lilongve) (Armenian), Lilonqve (Azerbaijani), Lilongwe (Chichewa), 利隆圭 (Lìlóngguī) (Chinese Mandarin), Lilongwe [neuter] (Czech), Lilongwe [common-gender] (Danish), Lilongwe [neuter] (Dutch), Lilongvo (Esperanto), Lilongwe [feminine] (French), Lilongwé [feminine] (French), ლილონგვე (lilongve) (Georgian), Lilongwe [neuter] (German), Λιλόνγκουε (Lilóngkoue) [feminine] (Greek), Lilongwe (Hungarian), Lílongve [neuter] (Icelandic), リロングウェ (Rironguwe) (Japanese), 릴롱궤 (Rillonggwe) [South-Korea] (Korean), 리롱웨 (Rirong'we) [North-Korea] (Korean), Lilongve [feminine] (Latvian), Lilongvė [feminine] (Lithuanian), लिलाँगवे (lilŏṅgve) [neuter] (Marathi), Lilongwe [neuter] (Polish), Lilongwe [feminine] (Portuguese), Lilongué [feminine] (Portuguese), Lilongwe [neuter] (Romanian), Лило́нгве (Lilóngvɛ) [masculine] (Russian), Lilongüe [feminine] (Spanish), Lilongwe (Swahili), Ліло́нгве (Lilónhve) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Li-ông-uê (Vietnamese)
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      "roman": "Rironguwe",
      "sense": "capital of Malawi",
      "word": "リロングウェ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Rillonggwe",
      "sense": "capital of Malawi",
      "tags": [
        "South-Korea"
      ],
      "word": "릴롱궤"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Rirong'we",
      "sense": "capital of Malawi",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korea"
      ],
      "word": "리롱웨"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "capital of Malawi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lilongve"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "capital of Malawi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lilongvė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "lilŏṅgve",
      "sense": "capital of Malawi",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "लिलाँगवे"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "capital of Malawi",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lilongwe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capital of Malawi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lilongwe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capital of Malawi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lilongué"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "capital of Malawi",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Lilongwe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Lilóngvɛ",
      "sense": "capital of Malawi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Лило́нгве"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "capital of Malawi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lilongüe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "capital of Malawi",
      "word": "Lilongwe"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Lilónhve",
      "sense": "capital of Malawi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ліло́нгве"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "capital of Malawi",
      "word": "Li-ông-uê"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lilongwe"
}

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