Nyasaland
[ nyah-sah-land, nahy-as-uh- ]
/ ˈnyɑ sɑˌlænd, naɪˈæs ə- /
noun
former name of Malawi(def 1).
Example sentences from the Web for nyasaland
My family later moved to Nyasaland, now Malawi, and we lived there until I was seven.
The climate of Nyasaland has slain more valuable men than the assegais of the Angoni.
Through South Africa |Henry M. StanleyNyasaland has also too long suffered from Imperial parsimony.
Through South Africa |Henry M. StanleyThese regiments are recruited from Nyasaland in the south to Nubia and Abyssinia in the north.
Sketches of the East Africa Campaign |Robert Valentine Dolbey