Angola
English edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: An‧go‧la
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æŋˈɡəʊlə/
- (US) IPA(key): /æŋˈɡoʊlə/
Audio (US) (file) - (RP) Rhymes: -əʊlə
Proper noun edit
Angola
- A country in Southern Africa.
- (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
- The People's Republic of Angola, from 1975 to 1992
- The Republic of Angola, since 1992
- 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.”
- An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Steuben County, Indiana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas, United States.
- A village in Erie County, New York, United States.
Hypernyms edit
- (country in south Africa): Subsahara
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Welsh: Angola
Noun edit
Angola (plural Angolas)
- Synonym of angora (cat).
Translations edit
See also edit
- 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]
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Angola”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved 30 July 2019.
Further reading edit
- Angola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Angola (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Angola
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa; official name: Republiek van Angola; capital: Luanda)
Derived terms edit
Asturian edit
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Angola f
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Basque edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Angola (“Angola”).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Angola inan
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension edit
indefinite | |
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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 edit
- angolar (“Angolan”)
Further reading edit
- “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋˈɡo.lə], [əŋˈɡɔ.lə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [aŋˈɡo.la]
Audio (Valencian) (file)
Proper noun edit
Angola f
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms edit
Central Huasteca Nahuatl edit
Proper noun edit
Angola
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Central Nahuatl edit
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Angola
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Crimean Tatar edit
Proper noun edit
Angola
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Czech edit
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Angola f (related adjective angolský, demonym Angolan)
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
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Angola
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
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Angola n
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Estonian edit
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Angola
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese (Reino de) Angola (“(kingdom of) Angola”), from Kimbundu ngola (“king's title”).
Pronunciation edit
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Angola n
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
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Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Angola |
Accusative | Angola |
Dative | Angola |
Genitive | Angola |
Derived terms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese Angola.
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Angola
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension edit
Inflection of Angola (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
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Angola m
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
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Galician edit
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Angola
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
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Angola n (proper noun, genitive Angolas or (optionally with an article) Angola)
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
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Further reading edit
- “Angola” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hungarian edit
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Angola
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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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Italian edit
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Angola f
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Latvian edit
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Angola f (4 declension)
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension edit
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | Angola | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | Angolu | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | Angolas | — |
dative (datīvs) | Angolai | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | Angolu | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | Angolā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | Angola | — |
Related terms edit
- angolietis m, angoliete f
Lithuanian edit
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Angola f
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
- angolietis m, angolietė f
Mauritian Creole edit
Etymology edit
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Angola
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
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Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
- Aungôla (continental Normandy)
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Angola
- (Jersey) Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
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Angola
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Proper noun edit
Angola
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
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Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Portuguese (Reino de) Angola (“(kingdom of) Angola”).
Proper noun edit
Angola f
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
Angola m
Further reading edit
- Angola in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: An‧go‧la
Proper noun edit
Angola f
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Luanda)
Usage notes edit
Angola is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal. This rule is sometimes broken by Brazilian speakers.
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- (countries of Africa) países da África; África do Sul, Angola, Argélia, Benim, Botsuana, Burquina Faso, Burúndi, Cabo Verde, Camarões, Chade, Comores, Costa do Marfim, Djibuti/Jibuti, Egito, Eritreia, Essuatíni/Suazilândia, Etiópia, Gabão, Gâmbia, Gana, Guiné, Guiné-Bissau, Guiné Equatorial, Quênia/Quénia, Lesoto, Libéria, Líbia, Madagascar/Madagáscar, Maláui, Mali, Marrocos, Maurícia/Maurício, Mauritânia, Moçambique, Namíbia, Níger, Nigéria, República Centro-Africana, República Democrática do Congo, República do Congo, Ruanda, Saara Ocidental, São Tomé e Príncipe, Senegal, Seicheles, Serra Leoa, Somália, Sudão, Sudão do Sul, Tanzânia, Togo, Tunísia, Uganda, Zâmbia, Zimbábue (Category: pt:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Angȏla f (Cyrillic spelling Анго̑ла)
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension edit
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Angola f (genitive singular Angoly, declension pattern of žena)
- 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
Spanish edit
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Angola f
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
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Swahili edit
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun edit
Angola
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
See also edit
- (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 edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Angola n (genitive Angolas)
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Related terms edit
- angolansk (“Angolan”, adjective)
- angolan c (“Angolan male”)
- angolanska c (“Angolan female”)
Anagrams edit
Turkish edit
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Audio (file)
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Angola
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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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 edit
See also edit
- (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]
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From English Angola, from Portuguese Angola, from Kimbundu ngola.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /aŋˈɡɔla/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /aŋˈɡoːla/, /aŋˈɡɔla/
- Rhymes: -ɔla
Proper noun edit
Angola f
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms edit
- Angolaidd (“Angolan”, adjective)
- Angoliad (“Angolan (man/woman)”)
- Gweriniaeth Angola (“Republic of Angola”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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 edit
- (countries of Africa) gwledydd Affrica; yr Aifft, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bwrcina Ffaso, Bwrwndi, Cabo Verde, Camerŵn, Cenia, Comoros, De Africa, De Swdan, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gini, Gini Bisaw, Gini Gyhydeddol, Gorllewin Sahara, Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica, Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo, Gweriniaeth y Congo, Jibwti, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagasgar, Malawi, Mali, Mawrisiws, Mawritania, Moroco, Mosambic, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Swdan, Tansania, Tiwnisia, Togo, y Traeth Ifori, Tsiad, Wganda (Category: cy:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Yoruba edit
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Àǹgólà
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)