1. Nyasaland - Noun
2. Nyasaland - Proper noun
a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964
Source: WordNetHis father was the Reverend David Kaunda, an ordained Church of Scotland missionary and teacher, who was born in Nyasaland (now Malawi ) and had moved to Chinsali to work at Lubwa Mission. Source: Internet
Journal of Frederick Courtney Selous, Rhodesiana Reprint Library, Salisbury, 1969 Salisbury was the capital of the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia from 1923, and of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland from 1953 to 1963. Source: Internet
He was released in 1960 and asked to help draft a new constitution for Nyasaland, with a clause granting Africans the majority in the colony's Legislative Council. Source: Internet
In 1964 the protectorate over Nyasaland was ended and Nyasaland became an independent country under Queen Elizabeth II with the new name Malawi. Source: Internet
In a second constitutional conference in London in November 1962, the British Government agreed to give Nyasaland self-governing status the following year. Source: Internet
In July 1953, she undertook her first overseas visit since the funeral when she visited the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland with Princess Margaret. Source: Internet