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Lilongwe

American  
[li-lawng-wey] / lɪˈlɔŋ weɪ /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Malawi, in the SW part.


Lilongwe British  
/ lɪˈlɒŋwɪ /

noun

  1. the capital of Malawi, in the central part west of Lake Malawi. Pop: 655 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The dogs, valued at $2,300, were spirited out of the Lilongwe palace between Sept. 19 and Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 13, 2026

For the past few months Ms Kathumba, a divorced mother of four working in the capital, Lilongwe, has been struggling to survive on her salary because of the surging prices of goods in the market.

From BBC Jun. 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

The chief’s people traveled a hundred kilometers to Lilongwe and summoned Mwase, who agreed to assist his brothers in Kasungu.

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

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