"Malawi" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /məˈlɑːwi/ [UK], /məˈlɑːwi/ [US], /mɑːˈlɑːwi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Malawi.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Malawi.wav [US]
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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ny|lawi|malawi|flames}} Chichewa malawi (“flames”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Malawi
  1. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Malawi. Wikidata QID: Q1020 Wikipedia link: Hastings Banda Categories (place): Countries, Countries in Africa, Malawi Synonyms: Nyasaland [historical], Malaŵi [rare] [scholarly, sciences] Holonyms: Subsahara Translations (Republic of Malawi): Malawi (Afrikaans), ማላዊ (malawi) (Amharic), مَالَاوِي (mālāwī) [feminine] (Arabic), مَلَاوِي (malāwī) [feminine] (Arabic), مالاوى (malāwī) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine, masculine] (Arabic), Մալավի (Malavi) (Armenian), ܡܵܠܵܘܝܼ (mālāwī) [feminine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), Мала́ві (Malávi) [feminine] (Belarusian), মালাউই (malaui) (Bengali), Malawi (Breton), Мала́ви (Malávi) [masculine] (Bulgarian), မာလဝီ (mala.wi) (Burmese), Malawi (Catalan), Malawi (Chichewa), 馬拉維 (Chinese Mandarin), 马拉维 (Mǎlāwéi) (Chinese Mandarin), Malawi [neuter] (Czech), Malawi (Danish), Malawi (Dutch), Malavio (Esperanto), Malawi (Estonian), Malawi (Finnish), Malawi [masculine] (French), მალავი (malavi) (Georgian), Malawi (German), Μαλάουι (Maláoui) [neuter] (Greek), Malawi (Hausa), मलावी (malāvī) (Hindi), मालावी (mālāvī) [masculine] (Hindi), Malawi (Hungarian), Malawi (Interlingua), An Mhaláiv [feminine] (Irish), Poblacht na Maláive [feminine] (Irish), Malawi [masculine] (Italian), マラウイ (Maraui) (Japanese), Malawi (Kalenjin), Malawi (Kamba), Малави (Malavi) (Kazakh), ម៉ាឡាវី (maalaavii) (Khmer), Malawi (Kikuyu), 말라위 (Mallawi) (Korean), Малави (Malavi) (Kyrgyz), ມາລາວີ (mā lā wī) (Lao), Malāvija [feminine] (Latvian), Malavis [masculine] (Lithuanian), Malawi (Luhya), Malawi (Luo), Мала́ви (Malávi) [neuter] (Macedonian), Malawi (Malagasy), Marāwi (Maori), Malawi (Meru), Малави (Malavi) (Mongolian), Malááwii (Navajo), Malawi [masculine] (Norman), Malawi (Norwegian), مالاوی (mâlâvi) (Persian), Malawi (Polish), Malawi [masculine] (Portuguese), Malavi [masculine] (Portuguese), Malaui [masculine] (Portuguese), Malawi (Romanian), Мала́ви (Malávi) [feminine] (Russian), Малави [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Malavi [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Malawi [neuter] (Slovak), Malavi [masculine] (Slovene), Malaui (Spanish), Malawi (Swahili), Malawi (Swedish), Malawi (Tagalog), Малави (Malavi) (Tajik), มาลาวี (maa-laa-wii) (Thai), ማላዊ (malawi) (Tigrinya), Malaŵi (Tumbuka), Malavi (Turkish), Мала́ві (Malávi) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Ma-la-uy (Vietnamese), Màláwì (Yoruba), IMalawi (Zulu)

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      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "Republic of Malawi",
      "word": "Malawi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Republic of Malawi",
      "word": "Malawi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Republic of Malawi",
      "word": "Malawi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Malavi",
      "sense": "Republic of Malawi",
      "word": "Малави"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "maa-laa-wii",
      "sense": "Republic of Malawi",
      "word": "มาลาวี"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "malawi",
      "sense": "Republic of Malawi",
      "word": "ማላዊ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tum",
      "lang": "Tumbuka",
      "sense": "Republic of Malawi",
      "word": "Malaŵi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Republic of Malawi",
      "word": "Malavi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Malávi",
      "sense": "Republic of Malawi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Мала́ві"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Republic of Malawi",
      "word": "Ma-la-uy"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "Republic of Malawi",
      "word": "Màláwì"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "Republic of Malawi",
      "word": "IMalawi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Malawi"
}

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