See Also: whitbed(dictionary)

Blantyre (sh) and whitbed (iou)


Blantyre (sh)




City (pop., 1998: 502,053), southern Malawi.

The largest city in Malawi, it was founded in 1876 as a Church of Scotland mission station and named after David Livingstone's Scottish birthplace. It became a British consular post in 1883 and attained municipal status in 1895; it is Malawi's oldest municipality. Its colonial trade laid the foundation for its present importance as Malawi's chief commercial centre. In 1956 Blantyre was united with nearby Limbe.


whitbed (iou)



whitbed noun. E19.
[from WHITE adjective + BED noun.]
A high quality variety of Portland stone, valued for building.