Lilongwe
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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After Mutharika failed to get the dogs back in November, the Lilongwe Magistrate Court temporarily barred police from further attempts to seize them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
After losing his re-election bid last year, he ordered all four guard dogs at the presidential palace in Lilongwe loaded into a police truck and delivered to his private residence, 6 miles away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
Police in Malawi are investigating how four police dogs went missing from a presidential palace in the capital, Lilongwe, during the political transition in September.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
At the time, 10 employees from a USAID-funded nonprofit had recently shown up unannounced at USAID’s offices in the capital Lilongwe asking for their unpaid wages after the U.S. froze funding.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
So Mwase returned to Lilongwe and got his family, and before long, he’d established a thriving empire.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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