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Malawi

Malawi

20 4.2
A country in southeast Africa beside Lake Malawi
  • proper noun
  • /məˈlɑːwi/
translation icon : Malaui
  • Evidence from countries such as Malawi illustrates how suitable interventions can address existing constraints (Mensing 1993a).
  • Lake Malawi
  • Malawi, Mozambique
  • Malawi, Tanzania

South Africa built its gold mines on migrant labour from as far north as Malawi and Tanzania.

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Examples

  • Among the refugee community in Malawi, this approach is fully understood.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The same applies to the low percentage of patients in Malawi who understood the dosage schedule for the drugs they received.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The same day, a car accident killed the visiting President of Malawi.

    Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

  • "When they finally arrive in Malawi," one refugee leader said of his people, "they find peace, and they dance."

    Academic text (1991)

  • I spoke to the Prime Minister of Malawi and he was saying how much he appreciated your tough stance on Nigeria.

    The Queen (2006)

  • Such evidence is provided for Africa from Uganda, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and South Africa.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Findings from urban Malawi showed that 70% of medical and 36% of surgical patients were infected with HIV.

    Academic text (2003)

  • I review below the study of African folklore in the Sudan, Nigeria, Malawi, and Ghana.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The support offered by aid agencies has the capacity to facilitate beekeeping, as evidenced in Malawi and at Bondolfi.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Now we have one million people in Malawi with nothing to live on.

Synonyms

Nyasaland
vsMalawi
  • Literature
1 9.7

The former name of Malawi before independence in 1964

is the current name used after independence rather than the older form
Republic of Malawi
vsMalawi
3.8

A country in southeastern Africa with no coast and a large lake called Lake Malawi

is the same in meaning but differs as a shorter or alternative form

Compounds

Lake Malawi
3.1

A large lake in southeastern Africa that is between Malawi, Tanzania and Mozambique

Malawi kwacha
7.6

The official money used in Malawi

Surface Forms

Malawi main

Etymology

The word Malawi comes from the name of the local people and their old kingdom, Maravi. The same name was used for the lake and the people, so Malawi is basically the 'land of the Maravi', which is why the country is named after its people.