Angola

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See also: angola, Angóla, Angòla, and anǧola

English

Angola

Etymology

From Portuguese (Reino de) Angola ((kingdom of) Angola), from Kimbundu ngola, title held by native kings at the time of the Portuguese colonization in the 15th century AD.[1] Compare Kituba ngolo (strength).

The Louisiana State Penitentiary is named "Angola" after the Angola slave plantation it replaced, which was named after the country, from which many enslaved people in Louisiana had been taken.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Angola

  1. A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Angola. Capital and largest city: Luanda.
    1. (historical) A former colony of Portugal, Portuguese Angola, also known as Portuguese West Africa and officially the State of West Africa, from 1575 to 1975.
    2. The People's Republic of Angola, from 1975 to 1992
  2. The Louisiana State Penitentiary.
  3. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
  4. A city, the county seat of Steuben County, Indiana, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas, United States.
  6. A village in Erie County, New York, United States.

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Welsh: Angola

Noun

Angola (plural Angolas)

  1. Synonym of angora (cat).

Translations

See also

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Angola”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved 30 July 2019.

Further reading

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia af

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa; official name: Republiek van Angola; capital: Luanda)

Derived terms

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ast

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈɡola/, [ãŋˈɡo.la]
  • Rhymes: -ola
  • Hyphenation: An‧go‧la

Proper noun

Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Basque

Basque Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eu

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Angola (Angola).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anɡola/ [aŋ.ɡo.la]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ola
  • Hyphenation: An‧go‧la

Proper noun

Angola inan

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ca

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Crimean Tatar

Crimean Tatar Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia crh

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaŋɡola]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: An‧go‧la

Proper noun

Angola f (related adjective angolský, demonym Angolan)

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Further reading

  • Angola”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • Angola”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑŋˈɣoː.laː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: An‧go‧la

Proper noun

Angola n

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Estonian

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Faroese

Etymology

From Portuguese (Reino de) Angola ((kingdom of) Angola), from Kimbundu ngola (king's title).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Angola n

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Angola
Accusative Angola
Dative Angola
Genitive Angola

Derived terms

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology

From Portuguese Angola.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑŋːolɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ŋːo̞lɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋːolɑ
  • Syllabification(key): An‧go‧la

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Angola (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Angola
genitive Angolan
partitive Angolaa
illative Angolaan
singular plural
nominative Angola
accusative nom. Angola
gen. Angolan
genitive Angolan
partitive Angolaa
inessive Angolassa
elative Angolasta
illative Angolaan
adessive Angolalla
ablative Angolalta
allative Angolalle
essive Angolana
translative Angolaksi
abessive Angolatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Angola (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Angolani
accusative nom. Angolani
gen. Angolani
genitive Angolani
partitive Angolaani
inessive Angolassani
elative Angolastani
illative Angolaani
adessive Angolallani
ablative Angolaltani
allative Angolalleni
essive Angolanani
translative Angolakseni
abessive Angolattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Angolasi
accusative nom. Angolasi
gen. Angolasi
genitive Angolasi
partitive Angolaasi
inessive Angolassasi
elative Angolastasi
illative Angolaasi
adessive Angolallasi
ablative Angolaltasi
allative Angolallesi
essive Angolanasi
translative Angolaksesi
abessive Angolattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Angolamme
accusative nom. Angolamme
gen. Angolamme
genitive Angolamme
partitive Angolaamme
inessive Angolassamme
elative Angolastamme
illative Angolaamme
adessive Angolallamme
ablative Angolaltamme
allative Angolallemme
essive Angolanamme
translative Angolaksemme
abessive Angolattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Angolanne
accusative nom. Angolanne
gen. Angolanne
genitive Angolanne
partitive Angolaanne
inessive Angolassanne
elative Angolastanne
illative Angolaanne
adessive Angolallanne
ablative Angolaltanne
allative Angolallenne
essive Angolananne
translative Angolaksenne
abessive Angolattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Angolansa
accusative nom. Angolansa
gen. Angolansa
genitive Angolansa
partitive Angolaansa
inessive Angolassaan
Angolassansa
elative Angolastaan
Angolastansa
illative Angolaansa
adessive Angolallaan
Angolallansa
ablative Angolaltaan
Angolaltansa
allative Angolalleen
Angolallensa
essive Angolanaan
Angolanansa
translative Angolakseen
Angolaksensa
abessive Angolattaan
Angolattansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

compounds

French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Angola m

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

Galician

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

German

Etymology

From Kimbundu ngola.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Angola n (proper noun, genitive Angolas or (optionally with an article) Angola)

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • Angola” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia hu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒŋɡolɒ]
  • Hyphenation: An‧go‧la
  • Rhymes: -lɒ

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Angola
accusative Angolát
dative Angolának
instrumental Angolával
causal-final Angoláért
translative Angolává
terminative Angoláig
essive-formal Angolaként
essive-modal
inessive Angolában
superessive Angolán
adessive Angolánál
illative Angolába
sublative Angolára
allative Angolához
elative Angolából
delative Angoláról
ablative Angolától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Angoláé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Angoláéi
Possessive forms of Angola
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Angolám
2nd person sing. Angolád
3rd person sing. Angolája
1st person plural Angolánk
2nd person plural Angolátok
3rd person plural Angolájuk

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈɡɔ.la/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Hyphenation: An‧gò‧la

Proper noun

Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latvian

Proper noun

Angola f (4 declension)

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French Angola.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Norman

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Angola

  1. (Jersey) Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aŋˈɡɔ.la/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Syllabification: An‧go‧la

Etymology 1

From Portuguese (Reino de) Angola ((kingdom of) Angola).

Proper noun

Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
nouns

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Angola m

  1. genitive/accusative singular of Angol

Further reading

  • Angola in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
bandeira de Angola

Etymology

From Kimbundu ngola (king).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: An‧go‧la

Proper noun

Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Luanda)

Usage notes

Angola is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal. This rule is sometimes broken by Brazilian speakers.

Derived terms

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Angȏla f (Cyrillic spelling Анго̑ла)

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

References

  • Angola”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈɡola/ [ãŋˈɡo.la]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ola
  • Syllabification: An‧go‧la

Proper noun

Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

From Portuguese (Reino de) Angola ((kingdom of) Angola), from Kimbundu ngola, title held by native kings at the time of the Portuguese colonization in the 15th century AD.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Angola n (genitive Angolas)

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Anagrams

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Angola.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Angola (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜎ)

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

See also

Turkish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Welsh

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Etymology

From English Angola, from Portuguese Angola, from Kimbundu ngola.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
Angola unchanged unchanged Hangola
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

Yoruba

Àǹgólà
 Àǹgólà on Yoruba Wikipedia

Etymology

From English Angola.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Àǹgólà

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)