Lilongwe

English

Etymology

Borrowed fromChichewaLilongwe.Thisetymologyis incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/lɪˈlɒŋw(e)ɪ/
• (US)IPA^(key):/ləˈlɑŋwi/,/lɪˈlɔŋweɪ/

Proper noun

Lilongwe

1. A city, thecapital cityofMalawi.

Translations

capital of Malawi

• Afrikaans:Lilongwe
• Arabic:لِيلُونْغْوِيm(lilunḡwī),لِيلُونْجْوِيm(lilungwī)
• Armenian:Լիլոնգվե(hy)(Lilongve)
• Azerbaijani:Lilonqve
• Chichewa:Lilongwe
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:^{(pleaseverify)}Lãng uy(lei⁵long⁵wai¹)

  Mandarin:Lilongwe(zh)(Lìlóngguī)

• Czech:Lilongwen
• Danish:Lilongwec
• Dutch:Lilongwen
• Esperanto:Lilongvo(eo)
• French:Lilongwe(fr)f,Lilongwé(fr)f
• Georgian:ლილონგვე(lilongve)
• German:Lilongwe(de)n
• Greek:Λιλόνγκουεf(Lilóngkoue)
• Hungarian:Lilongwe(hu)
• Icelandic:Lílongven
• Japanese:リロングウェ(ja)(Rironguwe)
• Korean:(South Korea)릴롱궤(Rillonggwe),(North Korea)리롱웨(ko)(Rirong'we)
• Latvian:Lilongvef
• Lithuanian:Lilongvėf
• Marathi:लिलाँगवेn(lilŏṅgve)
• Polish:Lilongwe(pl)n
• Portuguese:Lilongwe(pt)f,Lilongué(pt)f
• Romanian:Lilongwe(ro)n
• Russian:Лило́нгве(ru)m(Lilóngvɛ)
• Spanish:Lilongüe(es)f
• Swahili:Lilongwe
• Ukrainian:Ліло́нгвеm(Lilónhve)
• Vietnamese:Li-ông-uê

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Lilongwe

1. Lilongwe(thecapital cityofMalawi)

Chichewa

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɽiˈɽo.ᵑɡʷe/

Proper noun

Lilongwe

1. Lilongwe(a city, thecapital cityofMalawi)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈlɪloŋɡvɛ]

Proper noun

Lilongwen(indeclinable,related adjectivelilongwský)

1. Lilongwe(thecapital cityofMalawi)

Further reading

• “Lilongwe”,inInternetová jazyková příručka(in Czech)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Lilongué

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromChichewaLilongwe.Thisetymologyis incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/li.lõˈɡwɛ/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/li.lõˈɡwɛ/

Proper noun

Lilongwe

1. Lilongwe(a city, thecapital cityofMalawi)

Slovak

Proper noun

Lilongwen

1. Lilongwe(thecapitalofMalawi)

References

• “Lilongwe”,inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV[Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak),https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk,2024