Nyasa

British

/ nɪˈæsə, naɪˈæsə /

noun

Malawi name:: (Lake) Malawi. a lake in central Africa at the S end of the Great Rift Valley: the third largest lake in Africa, drained by the Shire River into the Zambezi. Area: about 28 500 sq km (11 000 sq miles)

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Mr Tembenu said the country was a signatory to international treaties which allowed homosexual acts, the local Nyasa Times newspaper reports.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2015

In 2011, Joyce Banda, then president, visited Tenthani in a hospital after he was injured in a car accident, reported the online Nyasa Times.

From US News • May 18, 2015

“If they feel like the court is not a safe place where they can go, they may not show up to court,” said Nyasa Hickey, Ms. Socope’s immigration lawyer.

From New York Times • May 26, 2014

A witness told the Nyasa Times that people “scampered” in all directions to avoid the critters and that Clinton made haste to board the plane to avoid them.

From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2012

They gradually founded strong slave-trading settlements on the east and west coasts of Lake Nyasa, and thence westwards to Tanganyika and the Luapula.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

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