Nyasaland
//naɪˈæsələnd// name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa; modern Malawi. historical
"After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana."
Etymology
From Yao nyasa (“lake”) in reference to Lake Malawi, and the suffix -land.
More for "nyasaland"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.