Malawi
English
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.
Holonyms
Translations
Republic of Malawi
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See also
- Countries of the world
Afrikaans
Catalan
Chichewa
Etymology
Chosen by Hastings Banda in 1964, ostensibly from malaŵí (“flames”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈɽá.w⁽ᵝ⁾i/
Czech
Finnish
Declension
| Inflection of Malawi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Malawitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Malagasy
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈla.vʲi/
Audio (file)
Derived terms
- Malawijczyk m, Malawijka f
- adjective: malawijski
Portuguese
Spanish
Swahili
Swedish
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