| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Malawi |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ma·la·wi |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m -lä w |
| A country of southeast Africa. Center of the widespread Malawi kingdom from the 15th to the late 18th century, the region became a British protectorate in 1891 and was known as Nyasaland from 1907 until 1964. It joined Northern and Southern Rhodesia (now Zambia and Zimbabwe) in a federation from 1953 to 1963 and became independent as Malawi in 1964. Lilongwe is the capital and Blantyre the largest city. Population: 9,461,000. | | OTHER FORMS: | Ma·lawi·an —ADJECTIVE & NOUN
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