Chikwawa izita remhuri rinowanikwa kuMalawi. Vanhu vane zita iri: Ephraim Chikwawa, Rodrick Chikwawa. Vatauri veYao vanoti kukwawa (v. to crawl). Mang'anja vanoti kwawa (the dry bed of a stream; a slope; a small descent). Mang'anja vanoti kwawa la madzi (where there is some water) - zvichida kureva gapwa. VaGulu vanoti -kwawa (acrid, acid) - zvichida vanoreva kuwawa.