Nyasaland

专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

专有名词
  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.

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Etymology tree
Yao (Africa) nyasa
Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Germanic *landą
Proto-West Germanic *land
Old English land
Middle English lond
English land
English -land
English Nyasaland
From Yao (Africa) nyasa (“lake”) in reference to Lake Malawi, plus the suffix -land.
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