Malawian
- noun
- /məˈlɑːwiən/
- Even today, Malawians are amazingly open to their 'refugee brothers and sisters' who have swarmed into the country.
- most Malawians
Examples
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The tourists began to consider what it meant to be a Kenyan, a Tanzanian, or a Malawian.
Academic text (1997) -
14 Malawians genuinely want to help their neighbors with whom, in many cases, they share a common language and customs, but they also worry the refugees will remain and put a lasting strain on their economy.
Academic text (1991) -
Hundreds and probably thousands of Malawians succumb to the sky of hunger related death.
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Even today, Malawians are amazingly open to their "refugee brothers and sisters" who have swarmed into the country.
Academic text (1991) -
Owing to the deep-rooted nature of some traditional customs and practices of Malawians, the Government of the Republic of Malawi shall not, for the time being, consider itself bound by such provisions of the Convention as require immediate eradication of such traditional customs and practices.
Academic text (1992) -
In the extreme south, for example, Nsanje district's 211,000 Malawians have been overwhelmed and outnumbered by more than 280,000 refugees, and the differential continues to grow with the arrival of more than 50 people every day.
Academic text (1991) -
According to official statistics, more than 4.7 million Malawians, out of a population of 12 million, were suffering.
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But despite the poverty, Malawians are most generous to strangers in need.
Synonyms
A person from Africa
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Malawian is the country name Malawi with the ending -an, the same ending we use in Brazilian or Italian, and it means 'from Malawi'. So a Malawian is a person who is a native or inhabitant of Malawi.