Nyasaland en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /naɪˈæsələnd/
- /-ˌlænd/
- /ˈnjɑːsələnd/
Etymology
Etymology tree Yao (Africa) nyasa Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English -land English Nyasaland From Yao (Africa) nyasa (“lake”) in reference to Lake Malawi, plus the suffix -land.
Meanings
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(historical) A former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa; modern Malawi.
After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana.
2018 April 20, Bard Wilkinson, “Absolute monarch renames Swaziland ‘eSwatini’”, in CNN:
Deriveds
Translations (7)
fr Nyassaland (Translations) · pl Niasa (Translations) · ru Нья́саленд (Translations) · tum Nyasaland (Translations) · ny Nyásalande (Translations) · cmn 尼亞薩蘭 /尼亚萨兰 (Translations) · pt Niassalândia (Translations)