Malawi

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Malawi

/məˈlɑːwi/ UK
/məˈlɑwi/ US
/mɑˈlɑwi/ US
/məˈlɐːwi/ Australia, New Zealand
/məˈlawe/ Scotland
/-wɪ/ Scotland
/-wi/ Scotland

Where it comes from

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 Malaŵi

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Malawi. A possible constitutional crisis loomed in Malawi following the reported death of President Bingu wa Mutharika, once hailed as a positive steward for the southern African country.
Similar: Nyasaland, mul:MW, mul:MWI

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: nyasaland, niger, namibia, lesotho, togo, mali, malawian, bahrain, switzerland, wei, gambia, country, marshall, zambia, zimbabwe, mozambique

Translations

Every language

name Republic of Malawi

Español	Malaui
한국어	말라위 Mallawi
日本語	マラウイ Maraui
中文	馬拉維 /马拉维 Mǎlāwéi
हिन्दी	मलावी malāvī, मालावी mālāvī
Kiswahili	Malawi
Português	Malawi, Malavi, Malaui
Français	Malawi
Deutsch	Malawi
Italiano	Malawi
Ελληνικά	Μαλάουι Maláoui
Română	Malawi
Русский	Мала́ви Malávi
Tiếng Việt	Ma-la-uy
العربية	مَالَاوِي mālāwī, مَلَاوِي malāwī

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"Malawi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/malawi. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

"Malawi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/malawi.

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@misc{malawi_2026,
  title = {Malawi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/malawi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}