NYASALAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nyasaland mean? 

• NYASALAND (noun)
  The noun NYASALAND has 1 sense:

1. a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964

  Familiarity information: NYASALAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NYASALAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Malawi; Nyasaland; Republic of Malawi

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Nyasaland"):

Blantyre (city in southern Malawi; largest city and commercial center of Malawi)

capital of Malawi; Lilongwe (the capital of Malawi; located in south central Malawi)

Zomba (a city in southern Malawi; was the capital until 1971)

Lake Malawi; Lake Nyasa (a long lake in southeastern Africa between Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi)

Meronyms (members of "Nyasaland"):

Cewa; Chewa; Chichewa (a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe)

Malawian (a native or inhabitant of Malawi)

Holonyms ("Nyasaland" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)