The story
- Chichewa · derived frommalawi“flames”
- English todayMalawi
Said to be from Chichewa malawi (“flames”), after the appearance of the sunrise over Lake Malawi; also possibly from Maravi, the name of an early Malawi tribe, or from an old name for a lake. Chosen by Hastings Banda in 1964.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.