Definition of Malawi in English:
Malawi
A country of south central Africa, in the Great Rift Valley; population 17,200,000 (estimated 2015); official languages, English and Nyanja; capital, Lilongwe.
As Nyasaland Malawi was a British protectorate from 1891, and from 1953 to 1963 was a part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. It became an independent Commonwealth state under Hastings Banda in 1964 and a republic in 1966
Definition of Malawi in US English:
Malawi
A landlocked country in southern central Africa, in the Great Rift Valley, on the western shore of Lake Nyasa; population 17,200,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Lilongwe; official languages, English and Nyanja.
Malawi was a British protectorate called Nyasaland from 1891 and was a part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland from 1891 until 1963. It became an independent Commonwealth state under Hastings Banda in 1964 and a republic in 1966