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Malawian

British  
/ məˈlɑːwɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Malawi or its inhabitants

"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

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Malawi

"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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Adam Ali, a spokesman for the Malawian Embassy, said that he was appealing to donors to send more buses to repatriate people, beginning with women and children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Just going to the shops can be intimidating these days, a Malawian beauty therapist in Cape Town, who has lived in South Africa for 16 years without legal status, told the BBC.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

They include Malawian nationals, about 7,000 of whom have been sheltering in an open field in the eastern port city of Durban, according to an inter-ministerial migration committee set up after the president's address.

From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026

In the small coastal town of Kleinmond, 40 kilometres closer to Cape Town, nearly 100 foreigners, most of them Malawian, sought shelter at a local community hall.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Seed was also cheap, allowing any Malawian to grow tobacco to sell.

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

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