Angola

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. 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

• 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. 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
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

• (country in south Africa): Subsahara

Derived terms

• Angolan

Descendants

• → Welsh: Angola

Noun

Angola (plural Angolas)

1. Synonym of angora (cat).

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

• analog, Galano, agonal, lagona, Langao, Algona

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Angola

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

Derived terms

• Angolees

Asturian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Angola f

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Angola (“Angola”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anɡola/ [aŋ.ɡo.la]

• Audio:

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

Proper noun

Angola inan

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Declension of Angola (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite
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 (“Angolan”)

 

Further reading

• “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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋˈɡo.lə], [əŋˈɡɔ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aŋˈɡo.la]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Angola f

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• angolès

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

Proper noun

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaŋɡola]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: An‧go‧la

Proper noun

Angola f (related adjective angolský, demonym Angolan)

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

Declension of Angola (sg-only hard feminine)

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

Further reading

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

Danish

Proper noun

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• angolaner
• angolansk

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

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

• IPA^(key): /aŋˈkoːla/

Proper noun

Angola n

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Angola
Accusative	Angola
Dative	Angola
Genitive	Angola

Derived terms

• angolskur

Finnish

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

• angolalainen

 

compounds

• 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 Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• angolais
• Angolais

Galician

Proper noun

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern 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)

1. 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 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	—

Related terms

• angolai

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡɔ.la/

• Audio:

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

Proper noun

Angola f

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• angolano

 

Anagrams

• galano

Latvian

Proper noun

Angola f (4 declension)

1. Angola (a country in Southern 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

1. Angola (a country in Southern 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 Southern Africa)

Related terms

• Angole

Norman

Alternative forms

• Aungôla (continental Normandy)

Proper noun

Angola

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑŋɡulɑ/

Proper noun

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• angolaner
• angolansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• angolan, angolanar
• angolansk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡɔ.la/

• Audio:

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• 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

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 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

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

• angolano
• angolense

See also

• (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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anɡôːla/

Proper noun

Angȏla f (Cyrillic spelling Анго̑ла)

1. Angola (a country in Southern 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): [ˈanɡɔla]

Proper noun

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡola/ [ãŋˈɡo.la]

• Audio (Spain):

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

Proper noun

Angola f

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

• angolano, angolana
• angoleño, angoleña

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern 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.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Angola n (genitive Angolas)

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Related terms

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

Anagrams

• analog

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern 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]}

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡɔla/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡoːla/, /aŋˈɡɔla/
• Rhymes: -ɔla

Proper noun

Angola f

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

• Angolaidd (“Angolan”, adjective)
• Angoliad (“Angolan (man/woman)”)
• Gweriniaeth Angola (“Republic of Angola”)

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

• (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

Àǹgólà

Etymology

From English Angola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ŋ̀.ɡó.là/

Proper noun

Àǹgólà

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)