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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

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

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

More machines arrived in June and are due to be placed at the National Cancer Centre still under construction in the capital, Lilongwe.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2024

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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