English
Maravi
Maravi may come from Chichewa Maláŵi ‘flames’.
- ChichewamodernMaláŵi‘flames’uncertain
- EnglishtodayMaravi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- ChichewamodernMaláŵi‘flames’uncertain
- EnglishtodayMaravi
The story
Possibly derives from Chichewa Maláŵi (‘flames’).
Every English word from Chichewa Maláŵi
Today it means
name A kingdom that straddled the modern borders of Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, in the 16th century.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Chichewa Maláŵi / Maravi