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    MALAWI

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964play

    Synonyms:

    Malawi; Nyasaland; Republic of Malawi

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

    Meronyms (parts of "Malawi"):

    Blantyre (city in southern Malawi; largest city and commercial center of Malawi)

    capital of Malawi; Lilongwe (the capital of Malawi; located in south central Malawi)

    Zomba (a city in southern Malawi; was the capital until 1971)

    Lake Malawi; Lake Nyasa (a long lake in southeastern Africa between Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi)

    Meronyms (members of "Malawi"):

    Cewa; Chewa; Chichewa (a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe)

    Malawian (a native or inhabitant of Malawi)

    Holonyms ("Malawi" is a part of...):

    Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

    Derivation:

    Malawian (relating to or characteristic of Malawi or its people or culture)

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