Lilongwe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Chichewa Lilongwe. This etymology is 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, the capital city of Malawi.

Translations

capital of Malawi

• Afrikaans: Lilongwe
• Arabic: لِيلُونْغْوِي m (lilunḡwī), لِيلُونْجْوِي m (lilungwī)
• Armenian: Լիլոնգվե (hy) (Lilongve)
• Azerbaijani: Lilonqve
• Chichewa: Lilongwe
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: ^{(please verify)} 里朗威 (lei⁵ long⁵ wai¹)

  Mandarin: 利隆圭 (zh) (Lìlóngguī)

• Czech: Lilongwe n
• Danish: Lilongwe c
• Dutch: Lilongwe n
• Esperanto: Lilongvo (eo)
• French: Lilongwe (fr) f, Lilongwé (fr) f
• Georgian: ლილონგვე (lilongve)
• German: Lilongwe (de) n
• Greek: Λιλόνγκουε f (Lilóngkoue)
• Hungarian: Lilongwe (hu)
• Icelandic: Lílongve n
• Japanese: リロングウェ (ja) (Rironguwe)
• Korean: (South Korea) 릴롱궤 (Rillonggwe), (North Korea) 리롱웨 (ko) (Rirong'we)
• Latvian: Lilongve f
• Lithuanian: Lilongvė f
• Marathi: लिलाँगवे n (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: Ліло́нгве m (Lilónhve)
• Vietnamese: Li-ông-uê

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Lilongwe

1. Lilongwe (the capital city of Malawi)

Chichewa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɽiˈɽo.ᵑɡʷe/

Proper noun

Lilongwe

1. Lilongwe (a city, the capital city of Malawi)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪloŋɡvɛ]

Proper noun

Lilongwe n (indeclinable, related adjective lilongwský)

1. Lilongwe (the capital city of Malawi)

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Lilongué

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Chichewa Lilongwe. This etymology is 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, the capital city of Malawi)

Slovak

Proper noun

Lilongwe n

1. Lilongwe (the capital of Malawi)

References

• “Lilongwe”, in Slovníkový 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, 2003–2024