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Blantyre

American  
[blan-tahyuhr] / blænˈtaɪər /

noun

  1. a city in S Malawi: includes the former town of Limbe.


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Liz, a 36-year-old firefighter from Blantyre in South Lanarkshire, says she was "devastated" when she discovered that those charges had been dropped.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025

He was suspended from his parish at St John Ogilve's in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, after publishing a book called Priesthood in Crisis.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2024

Many people, including children “are traumatized by the cyclone,” said Palal Areman, from the aid agency Save the Children and based in Blantyre.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2023

But a lot of people did not get them, including Madalo Makawa, a resident of Chilobwe, a densely populated township of Blantyre that was one of the hardest hit by the storm.

From Reuters • Mar. 20, 2023

For a boy, Gilbert had a beautiful singing voice and would later record two albums in Blantyre.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba

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