malawi

Other forms of malawi

plural

malawis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about malawi

What does malawi mean?

malawi means "a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964".

How many syllables are in malawi?

malawi has 3 syllables: ma-la-wi. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /məˈlɑwi/.

What is another word for malawi?

Close synonyms include Republic of Malawi, Nyasaland. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is malawi a common word?

malawi is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.