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Malaŵi (nation) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 13 30 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -13.5000 decimal degrees |
Long: 034 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 34.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Nation is transversed by Great Rift Valley; settled by forebears of Twa and Fula 8000 BCE; Bantu arrived ca. 100; states founded by Bantu, Ngonde and Chikulamayembe 15th-18th centuries; visited by Livingstone 1891; anti-slavery Scottish missions founded 19th century; official language is English, national language is Chichewa, and Tombuka is also spoken. |
Names: |
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Malaŵi (preferred,C,V,Chichewa-P,U)
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Dziko la Malaŵi (C,V,O,Chichewa,U)
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Malawi (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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Malawi (Rundi)
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Malawi (Tagalog)
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Malawi (Maltese)
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Malawi (Tumbuka)
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Malawi (Vietnamese)
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Malawi (Indonesian)
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Malawi (Ganda (Ugandan language))
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Malawi (Bambara)
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Malawi (Lingala)
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Malawi (Magyar (Hungarian))
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Malawi (Danish)
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Malawi (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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Malawi (Finnish)
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Malawi (Swedish)
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Malawi (Polish)
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Malawi (Portuguese)
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Malawi (Romanian)
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Malawi (Slovak)
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Malawi (Spanish-P,U,N)
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Malawi (Catalan)
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Malawi (Basque)
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Malawi (Akan)
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Malawi (Welsh)
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Malawi (Hausa)
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Malawi (German)
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Malawi (Low German)
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Malawi (Breton)
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Malawi (Cornish)
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Malawi (Czech)
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Malawi (Dutch)
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Malawi (Afrikaans)
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Malawi (French-P,U,N)
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Malawi (Italian)
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Malawi (Estonian)
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Malawi (Greenlandic)
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Malawi (Occitan)
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Malawi (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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Malawi (Romansh)
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Malawi (Kikuyu)
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Malawi (Luba-Katanga)
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Malawi (Malay (macrolanguage))
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Malawi (North Ndebele)
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Malawi (Norwegian)
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Malawi (Pampanga)
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Malawi (Northern Sami)
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Malawi (Shona)
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Malawi (Swahili (generic))
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Malawi (Ido)
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Malawi (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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Malawi (Limburgan)
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Republic of Malawi (C,V,O,English,U,N)
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Republic of Malaŵi (C,V)
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République du Malawi (C,O,French,U,N)
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República de Malawi (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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Malaui (C,O,Spanish)
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Malaui (Aragonese)
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Malaui (Asturian)
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Malaui (Galician)
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Malaui (Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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Малави (C,O,Tajik)
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Малави (Serbian)
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Малави (Macedonian)
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Малави (Bulgarian)
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Малави (Russian-P,U)
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Республика Малави (C,O,Russian,U)
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马拉维 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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马拉维共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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ملاوي (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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جُهور ةً ملاوي (C,O,Arabic,U)
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MWI (C,O,ISO3L)
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MW (C,O,ISO2L)
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ISO454 (C,O,ISO3N)
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MI (C,O,FIPS)
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Malawian (C,O,English,U,A)
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מלאווי (C,U,Hebrew )
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An Mhaláiv (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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i-Malawi (C,U,Zulu)
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Malaawi (C,U,Somali)
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Malaawi (Fulah)
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Malaoì (C,U,Malagasy)
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Malauí (C,U,Portuguese)
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Malaui - Malawi (C,U,Galician)
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Ma-la-uy (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Ma-la-uy (Malawi) (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Malavi (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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Malavi (Croatian)
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Malavi (Bosnian)
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Malavi (Slovene)
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Malavi (Albanian)
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Malavi (Faroese)
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Malavi (Turkish)
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Malavi (Arpitan)
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Malaví (C,U,Icelandic)
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Malavia (C,U,Latin)
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Malāvija (C,U,Latvian)
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Malavio (C,U,Esperanto)
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Malavis (C,U,Lithuanian)
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Malaviyän (C,U,Volapük)
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Malawî (C,U,Kurdish)
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Malawïi (C,U,Sangho)
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Malawi nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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Malevia (C,U,Albanian)
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Orílẹ́ède Malawi (C,U,Yoruba)
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मलावी (C,U,Marathi)
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मलावी (Sanskrit)
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मलावी (Hindi)
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मलावी (Kashmiri)
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マラウィ (C,U,Japanese)
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Μαλάουι (C,U,Greek)
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ประเทศมาลาวี (C,U,Thai)
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Малаві (C,U,Ukrainian)
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Малаві (Belarusian)
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მალავი (C,U,Georgian)
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말라위 (C,U,Korean)
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مالاوی (C,U,Kurdish)
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مالاوی (Persian-Farsi)
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มาลาวี (C,U,Thai)
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மலாவி (C,U,Tamil)
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Մալավի (C,U,Armenian)
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ማላዊ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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ማላዊ (Amharic)
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مالاۋى (C,U,Uyghur)
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マラウイ (C,U,Japanese)
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མཱ་ལཱ་ཝི། (C,U,Tibetan)
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मालावी (C,U,Nepali)
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ಮಲಾವಿ (C,U,Kannada)
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మాలావి (C,U,Telugu)
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மாலவி (C,U,Tamil)
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മലാവി (C,U,Malayalam)
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မာလာဝီ (C,U,Burmese)
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માલાવી (C,U,Gujarati)
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মালাউই (C,U,Bengali)
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ମାଲୱି (C,U,Odia)
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マラウイ共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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ملاوی (C,U,Urdu)
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British Central Africa (H,V)
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............ | 1893-1907 |
British Central Africa Protectorate (H,V)
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............ | 1893-1907 |
Nyasaland (H,V)
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nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence 1964 |
primary political unit (C) |
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independent sovereign nation (C) |
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republic (C) |
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established 1966 |
former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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protectorate (H) |
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British, 1891-1964 |
independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
Lilongwe .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Malaŵi, Lilongwe) [1091067] |
historical connection .... |
Maravi .......... (historical region) |
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(World, Africa, Malaŵi) [6003714] |
member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1964 |
member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1964 |
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