Malawi

from nyanja

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From nyanja

Definition

A country in Southern Africa.

Etymology

Derived from the Nyanja language 'Malawi', meaning 'fire' or 'light', referring to the reflection of the sun on Lake Malawi. The name was adopted internationally as a country name and absorbed into Indonesian as a standard phonetic loanword.

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