See also: angola, Angóla, Angòla, and anǧola

English edit

 
Angola

Etymology edit

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]

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.

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Angola

  1. A country in Southern Africa.
    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
    3. The Republic of Angola, since 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.

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  • Welsh: Angola

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Angola (plural Angolas)

  1. Synonym of angora (cat).

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References edit

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

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Angola

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

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Pronunciation edit

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

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Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Basque edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish Angola (Angola).

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

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Angola inan

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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

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Angola f (related adjective angolský, demonym Angolan)

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Further reading edit

  • Angola in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Angola in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Etymology edit

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

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

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Angola n

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Etymology edit

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

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Angola n

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Angola
Accusative Angola
Dative Angola
Genitive Angola

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Finnish edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Portuguese Angola.

Pronunciation edit

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

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Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension edit

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

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Angola m

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Etymology edit

From Kimbundu ngola.

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

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Further reading edit

  • Angola” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Pronunciation edit

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

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Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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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

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Pronunciation edit

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

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Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Angola f (4 declension)

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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From French Angola.

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Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Angola

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

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Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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

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Angola f

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

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Angola m

  1. genitive/accusative singular of Angol

Further reading edit

  • Angola in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese edit

 
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bandeira de Angola

Etymology edit

From Kimbundu ngola (king).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: An‧go‧la

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Angola f

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

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

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Angȏla f (Cyrillic spelling Анго̑ла)

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Angola f (genitive singular Angoly, declension pattern of žena)

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

References edit

  • 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

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Pronunciation edit

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

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Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Etymology edit

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.

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Angola n (genitive Angolas)

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Etymology edit

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

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Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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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.

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Yoruba edit

 
Àǹgólà
 Àǹgólà on Yoruba Wikipedia

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From English Angola.

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Àǹgólà

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)