Angela

English

Etymology

Feminine form of Church Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, messenger, angel).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈænd͡ʒələ/
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Proper noun

Angela

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. [], London: [] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, stanza 56:
      Faire Angela (quoth she) men do her call, / No whit lesse faire, then terrible in fight: / She hath the leading of a Martiall / And mighty people, dreaded more then all / The other Saxons, which do for her sake / And love, themselves of her name Angles call.
    • 1996, Frank McCourt, chapter I, in Angela's Ashes, HarperCollins., →ISBN, page 5:
      And the child was named Angela for the Angelus which rang the midnight hour, the New Year, the minute of her coming and because she was a little angel anyway.
      ibid., page 39:
      The man says his name is Mr. Dimino and that's his wife, Angela, behind the counter. I tell him that's my mother's name. No kiddin', kid. Your mother is Angela? I didn't know the Irish had any Angelas.

Usage notes

  • Name of an Italian 15th/16th century saint. In general use in English since the 18th century.

Translations

Anagrams


Estonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑnɡ̊elɑ/, [ˈɑŋɡ̊elɑ]

Proper noun

Angela

  1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Angela

See also


Faroese

Proper noun

Angela f

  1. a female given name from Latin

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Angela: Angeluson
  • daughter of Angela: Angeludóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Angela
Accusative Angelu
Dative Angelu
Genitive Angelu

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aŋˈɡeːla/, /ˈaŋɡela/, /ˈaŋəla/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Angela f (proper noun, genitive Angelas or (with article) Angela, plural Angelas)

  1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Angela

Declension


Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈan.d͡ʒe.la/
  • Rhymes: -andʒela
  • Hyphenation: Àn‧ge‧la

Proper noun

Angela f

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Angela

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈan.ɡe.la/, [ˈäŋɡɛɫ̪ä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈan.d͡ʒe.la/, [ˈän̠ʲd͡ʒelä]

Proper noun

Angela f (genitive Angelae); first declension

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Angela

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Angela Angelae
Genitive Angelae Angelārum
Dative Angelae Angelīs
Accusative Angelam Angelās
Ablative Angelā Angelīs
Vocative Angela Angelae

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Angela f

  1. a female given name

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈanɡela]

Proper noun

Angela f (genitive singular Angely, nominative plural Angely, declension pattern of žena)

  1. a female given name from Latin

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Swedish

Proper noun

Angela c (genitive Angelas)

  1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Angela
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