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Blantyre

Blantyre

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A city in southern Malawi that is the country's largest and main business center
  • proper noun
: Blantyre
  • I've done a number of gaols in all my city, in all I've done, I've done Exeter, Swell Side, Maidstone, Blantyre, Latchmere.

I've done a number of gaols in all my city, in all I've done, I've done Exeter, Swell Side, Maidstone, Blantyre, Latchmere.

Examples

  • One Sunday afternoon twelve years ago, Professor Jim Harrison and I were pushing our two-year-old sons, Olly and Phillip, on swings in the Blantyre Sports Club.

    Blog text (13)

  • This is particularly evident between the towns of Dedza and Ntcheu, where the road to the southern commercial center of Blantyre runs along the border dividing the two countries.

  • This is particularly evident between the towns of Dedza and Ntcheu, where the road to the southern commercial center of Blantyre runs along the border dividing the two countries.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Chris Lavy is CURE's Chief Medical Director and was one of the founders of Beit CURE Children's Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi.

    Blog text (13)

  • I was in Blantyre in April, where I got to visit the children I sponsor, along with their families.

  • Chris Lavy is CURE's Chief Medical Director and was one of the founders of Beit CURE Children's Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi.

Surface Forms

Blantyre main

Etymology

The word Blantyre comes from a town in Scotland because British missionaries and settlers named the Malawi city after that Scottish place, which is the birthplace of the explorer David Livingstone. So the name reminds us of the city's historical link to Scotland and explains why a major Malawian city has a European name.