Viphya Mountains
The Viphya Mountains, also known as the Viphya Plateau or Viphya Highlands, are a mountain range in located in Chikangawa in Malawi's Northern Region. The word viphya means "New " in the Tumbuka language.Photo: Theseus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,574 metres
- Description: mountain range
- Also known as: “Viphya Highlands”, “Viphya Plateau”, and “Vipya Mountains”
Viphya Mountains
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Mzimba District, Northern Malawi, Malawi, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Viphya Mountains” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vipya Mountains”
- Chinese: “維皮亞山脈”
- Chinese: “维皮亚山脉”
- Dutch: “Viphya Mountains”
- French: “Viphya Mountains”
- German: “Viphya Forest”
- German: “Viphya Mountains”
- German: “Viphya Plateau”
- German: “Viphya”
- Hebrew: “הרי ויפיה”
- Italian: “monti Viphya”
- Italian: “Monti Viphya”
- Japanese: “ヴィフィヤ山脈”
- Spanish: “Montañas Viphya”
- Swedish: “Vipya Mountains”
- Tumbuka: “Mapiri gha Viphya”
- Venetian: “Monti Viphya”
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