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PRONUNCIATION OF BLANTYRE-LIMBE

Blantyre-Limbe  [blænˈtaɪəˈlɪmbeɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLANTYRE-LIMBE

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Blantyre-Limbe is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BLANTYRE-LIMBE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Blantyre-Limbe

Blantyre

Blantyre is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, the largest city with an estimated 1,895,973 inhabitants as of 2012. It is sometimes referred to as the commercial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, Lilongwe. It is the capital of the country's Southern Region as well as the Blantyre District. The Malawi Broadcasting Corporation, the country's state broadcaster and the provider of Malawi's only television channel, has its headquarters in Blantyre. The Supreme Court is located here. The city houses the College of Medicine, the Malawi Polytechnic and the Kamuzu college of nursing, constituent colleges of the University of Malawi, along the Chipembere highway. Its rather unconventional location has meant that Blantyre is surrounded by Mount Soche, Ndirande mountain, Chiradzulu mountain and Michiru Mountain which consolidates the Michiru Mountain Conservation Area. Blantyre supports a small expatriate population of about 25,000, mainly from the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe, and South Africa.

Definition of Blantyre-Limbe in the English dictionary

The definition of Blantyre-Limbe in the dictionary is a city in S Malawi: largest city in the country; formed in 1956 from the adjoining towns of Blantyre and Limbe. Pop: 647 000.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLANTYRE-LIMBE


bay
beɪ
baye
beɪ
bey
beɪ
Bombay
bɒmˈbeɪ
caribe
kɑːˈriːbeɪ
crambe
ˈkræmbeɪ
disobey
ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ
Gombe
ˈɡɒmbeɪ
goombay
ˈɡʊmbeɪ
harambee
ˌhɑːrɑːmˈbeɪ
Hebei
ˈhʌˈbeɪ
Hubei
ˈhuːˈbeɪ
mabe
ˈmɑːbeɪ
obey
əˈbeɪ
rosebay
ˈrəʊzˌbeɪ
sabe
ˈsɑːbeɪ
sickbay
ˈsɪkˌbeɪ
sorbet
ˈsɔːbeɪ
Torbay
ˌtɔːˈbeɪ
yohimbe
jəʊˈhɪmbeɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLANTYRE-LIMBE

Blanqui
blare
blarney
Blarney Stone

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLANTYRE-LIMBE

bombe
buncombe
combe
coombe
djembe
High Wycombe
jambe
jembe
Morecambe
Newcombe
pombe
Shembe
Tshombe

Synonyms and antonyms of Blantyre-Limbe in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translator English - Chinese

布兰太尔 - 林贝
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Blantyre - Limbe
570 millions of speakers

English

Blantyre-Limbe
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ब्लांटायर - Limbe
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بلانتير - يمبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Блантайр - Лимбе
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Blantyre - Limbe
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্ল্যানটায়ের-Limbe
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Blantyre -Limbe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Blantyre-Limbe
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blantyre - Limbe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブランタイア、リンベ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

블랜 타이어 - 림베
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Blantyre-Limbe
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Blantyre - Limbe
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிளான்டையர்-லிம்பே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्लँटायरे-लिंबे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Blantyre-Limbe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Blantyre - Limbe
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Blantyre - Limbe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Блантайр - Лімбі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Blantyre - Limbe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Blantyre - Λίμπε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Blantyre - Limbe
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Blantyre - Limbe
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Blantyre - Limbe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Blantyre-Limbe

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLANTYRE-LIMBE»

The term «Blantyre-Limbe» is barely ever used and occupies the 199.915 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLANTYRE-LIMBE» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLANTYRE-LIMBE»

Discover the use of Blantyre-Limbe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Blantyre-Limbe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Malawi
In 1956, Limbe was formally incorporated into Blantyre, and the amalgamated city is sometimes referred to as Blantyre/Limbe. It remains the most important commercial centre in the country, and it was the most populous city throughout the ...
Philip Briggs, 2013
2
Encyclopedia of African History
Like Blantyre, Limbe had electricity and piped water systems, mainly in the European areas, by the end of World War I. Most Africans lived in villages around Blantyre but, as space became a problem with the arrival of more Africans, new ...
Kevin Shillington, 2004
3
Southern Africa
... Thyolo (30km); Lilongwe (310km) (15km); Mwanza (120km); To Blantyre ( Chileka) Airport Limbe Train Station Blantyre Limbe Station Main Bus Blantyre Some Minor Roads Not Depicted Forest Reserve Ndirande Dam Chimwankhunda Dam ...
‎2007
4
A History of Malawi, 1859-1966
Much useful information on the character of Blantyre-Limbe's peri-urban villages is provided in the series of surveys carried out under the supervision of 1 Blantyre Town Council Minutes, 1 September 1 97, MNA BL /1/1/1. 19 CAT, 1 December ...
John McCracken, 2012
5
Historical Dictionary of Malawi
Located nearly five miles east of Blantyre, Limbe developed primarily as an important terminus of the railway into Nyasaland. Limbe also became the headquarters of the Imperial Tobacco Company (ITC), which depended heavily on rail ...
Owen J. M. Kalinga, 2012
6
The Limbe House: An African Dream
The Limbe house was the first missionary residence built in the Blantyre-Limbe area. It sat on a spacious lot just a block away from the Hillview Primary School. On one side of the property, nearest the road, the Boyces had planted a beautiful  ...
Gene Meacham, 2013
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The Story of an African Famine: Gender and Famine in ...
Bettison, D. G. 1958b, 'Cash Wages and Occupational Structure, Blantyre-Limbe, Nyasaland', Rhodes-Livingstone Communication, 9, Lusaka. Bettison, D. G. 1958c, 'The Demographic Structure of 17 Villages, Blantyre-Limbe, Nyasaland', ...
Megan Vaughan, 2007
8
Southern Africa
... To Thyolo (30km); Mulanje (85km) (15km); Mwanza (120km); Lilongwe (310km ) To Blantyre (Chileka) Airport Cathedral of St Montfort To Sunnyside (Suburb) ( 500m); Chikwawa (43km) Station Limbe Train Blantyre Limbe Some Minor Roads ...
Kate Armstrong, James Bainbridge, Matthew D. Firestone, 2010
9
Encyclopedia of African History: A - G.. 1
In 1956, Blantyre and Limbe amalgamated under one mayor and, three years later, the Blantyre-Limbe Council became a municipality. During the months leading to the declaration of the state of emergency on March 2, 1959, Blantyre was ...
‎2005
10
Christians by Grace-- Baptists by Choice: A History of the ...
In October 1961 the multi-racial fellowship held its first service in a rented room in Cliccord House on the main Blantyre-Limbe highway opposite the market road in Limbe. The goal of the missionaries was to have a full Southern Baptist ...
Hany Longwe, 2011

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