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.
Proper noun
    
Malawi
- A country in Southern Africa, previously named Nyasaland. Official name: Republic of Malawi
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]
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)
- Malawi (a country in East Africa; capital: Lilongwe)
Declension
    
- Indeclinable.
Further reading
    
- Malawi in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑlɑwi/, [ˈmɑlɑwi]
- 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 | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| abessive | Malawitta | — | ||
| 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 East Africa)
Hungarian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ˈmɒlɒvi]
- Hyphenation: Ma‧la‧wi
- Rhymes: -vi
Declension
    
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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”)
Polish
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /maˈla.vi/
- Audio - (file) 
- Rhymes: -avi
- Syllabification: Ma‧la‧wi
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]
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