Angola

See also: angola, Angóla, Angòla, and anǧola

English

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., cognate with Kongo ngolo (energy).

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

• Hyphenation: An‧go‧la
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æŋˈɡəʊlə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æŋˈɡoʊlə/

• Audio (US)

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• (RP) Rhymes: -əʊlə

Proper noun

Angola

2. A country in Southern Africa
   1. 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
3. The Louisiana State Penitentiary.
   • a. 1969, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Penguin, published 1981, →ISBN:

     “Who wanna get stuck in Angola with Lana Lee? She was bad enough on the outside. Shit.”

5. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
7. A city, the county seat of Steuben County, Indiana, United States.
9. An unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas, United States.
11. A village in Erie County, New York, United States.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Angolan

Translations

See Angola/translations § Proper noun.

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Further reading

• Angola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Angola (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Algona, Langao, agonal, analog

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Angola

2. Angola (a country in Africa)

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡola/, [ãŋˈɡo.la]

Proper noun

Angola f

2. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Angola (“Angola”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anɡola/, [ãŋ.ɡo̞.la]

Proper noun

Angola inan

2. Angola (a country in Africa)

Declension

Declension of Angola (inanimate, ending in -a)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	Angola	—	—
ergative	Angolak	—	—
dative	Angolari	—	—
genitive	Angolaren	—	—
comitative	Angolarekin	—	—
causative	Angolarengatik	—	—
benefactive	Angolarentzat	—	—
instrumental	Angolaz	—	—
inessive	Angolan	—	—
locative	Angolako	—	—
allative	Angolara	—	—
terminative	Angolaraino	—	—
directive	Angolarantz	—	—
destinative	Angolarako	—	—
ablative	Angolatik	—	—
partitive	Angolarik	—	—
prolative	Angolatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• angolar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əŋˈɡo.lə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡo.la/

• Audio (Valencian)

  (file)

Proper noun

Angola f

2. Angola (a country in Africa)

Derived terms

• angolès

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaŋɡola]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: An‧go‧la

Proper noun

Angola f

2. Angola (a country in Africa)

Declension

Declension of Angola

	singulare tantum
nominative	Angola
genitive	Angoly
dative	Angole
accusative	Angolu
vocative	Angolo
locative	Angole
instrumental	Angolou

Related terms

• angolský
• Angolan

Further reading

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

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

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• Hyphenation: An‧go‧la

Proper noun

Angola n

2. Angola (a country in Africa)

Estonian

Proper noun

Angola

2. Angola (a country in Africa)

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aŋˈkoːla/

Proper noun

Angola n

2. Angola (a country in Africa)

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Angola
Accusative	Angola
Dative	Angola
Genitive	Angola

Derived terms

• angolskur

Finnish

Etymology

From Portuguese Angola.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Angola

2. Angola (a country in 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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Angolatta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Angola (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Angolani	Angolamme
2nd person	Angolasi	Angolanne
3rd person	Angolansa

Derived terms

• angolangenetti
• angolangueretsa
• angolanmangusti
• angolanolkalepakko
• angolansiippa

 

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡɔ.la/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Angola m

1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Derived terms

• angolais
• Angolais

Galician

Proper noun

Angola

2. Angola (a country in Africa)

Related terms

• angolano

German

Etymology

From Kimbundu ngola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡoːlaː/

• Audio

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Proper noun

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

2. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• Angolaner
• angolanisch

Further reading

• “Angola” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Angola

1. Angola (a country in 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	—

Related terms

• angolai

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡɔ.la/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Hyphenation: An‧gò‧la

Proper noun

Angola f

2. Angola (a country in Africa)

Derived terms

• angolano

 

Anagrams

• galano

Latvian

Proper noun

Angola f (4 declension)

2. Angola (a country in Africa)

Declension

Declension of Angola (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Angola	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Angolu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Angolas	—
dative (datīvs)	Angolai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Angolu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Angolā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Angola	—

Related terms

• angolietis m, angoliete f

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Angola f

2. Angola (a country in Africa)

Declension

    declension of Angola

nominative	Angola
genitive	Angolos
dative	Angolai
accusative	Angolą
instrumental	Angola
locative	Angoloje
vocative	Angola

Related terms

• angolietis m, angolietė f

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French Angola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑ̃ɡola]

Proper noun

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Related terms

• Angole

Norman

Alternative forms

• Aungôla (continental Normandy)

Proper noun

Angola

2. (Jersey) Angola (a country in Africa)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑŋɡulɑ/

Proper noun

Angola

2. Angola (a country in Africa)

Related terms

• angolaner
• angolansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Angola

2. Angola (a country in Africa)

Related terms

• angolan, angolanar
• angolansk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡɔ.la/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Syllabification: An‧go‧la

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Angola f

1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Declension

Declension of Angola

	singular
nominative	Angola
genitive	Angoli
dative	Angoli
accusative	Angolę
instrumental	Angolą
locative	Angoli
vocative	Angolo

Derived terms

adjective

• angolski

 

nouns

• Angolczyk
• Angolijczyk
• Angolijka
• Angolka

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Angola m

1. genitive/accusative singular of Angol

Further reading

• Angola in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Angola in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

bandeira de Angola

Etymology

From Kimbundu ngola (“king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈɡɔ.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: An‧go‧la

Proper noun

Angola f

2. 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

• angolano
• angolense

See also

• Luanda

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aŋɡôːla/

Proper noun

Angȏla f (Cyrillic spelling Анго̑ла)

2. Angola (a country in Africa)

Declension

Declension of Angola

	singular
nominative	Angola
genitive	Angole
dative	Angoli
accusative	Angolu
vocative	Angolo / Angola
locative	Angoli
instrumental	Angolom

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈanɡola]

Proper noun

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

1. Angola (a country in Africa)

References

• Angola in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡola/ [ãŋˈɡo.la]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: An‧go‧la

Proper noun

Angola f

2. Angola (a country in Africa)

Related terms

• angolano, angolana
• angoleño, angoleña

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Proper noun

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Africa)

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Swedish

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.

Proper noun

Angola n (genitive Angolas)

2. Angola (a country in Africa)

Related terms

• angolansk (“Angolan”, adjective)
• angolan c (“Angolan male”)
• angolanska c (“Angolan female”)

Anagrams

• analog

Turkish

Proper noun

Angola

2. Angola (a country in Africa)

Declension

Declension of Angola

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	Angola	-
definite accusative (belirtme)	Angola'yı	-
dative (yönelme)	Angola'ya	-
locative (bulunma)	Angola'da	-
ablative (ayrılma)	Angola'dan	-
genitive (tamlayan)	Angola'nın	-

    possessive of Angola

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Angola'm	Angolalarım / Angola'larım
senin (your)	Angola'n	Angolaların / Angola'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Angola'sı	Angolaları / Angola'ları
bizim (our)	Angola'mız	Angolalarımız / Angola'larımız
sizin (your)	Angola'nız	Angolalarınız / Angola'larınız
onların (their)	Angola'sı / Angolaları / Angola'ları	Angolaları / Angola'ları

Derived terms

• Angolalı

See also

• (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; Angola, Batı Sahra, Benin, Botsvana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cezayir, Cibuti, Çad, Ekvator Ginesi, Eritre, Esvatini, Etiyopiya, Fas, Fildişi Sahili, Gabon, Gambiya, Gana, Gine, Gine-Bissau, Güney Afrika, Güney Sudan, Kamerun, Kenya, Komorlar, Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti, Lesotho, Liberya, Libya, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali, Mauritius, Mısır, Moritanya, Mozambik, Namibya, Nijer, Nijeria, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Ruanda, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve ^{(Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Yoruba

Àǹgólà

Etymology

From English Angola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ŋ̀.ɡó.là/

Proper noun

Àǹgólà

1. Angola (a country in Africa)