Angola
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.[1], cognate with Kongo ngolo (energy).[2]
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) (file) - (RP) Rhymes: -əʊlə
Proper noun
Angola
- A country in Southern Africa
- 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.”
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- 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
Derived terms
Translations
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]
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Angola”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved 30 July 2019.
- Kikongo-Kituba - English word list https://www.kupsala.net/risto/kongo/kituba-english.html#n%7C
Further reading
Angola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Angola (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Asturian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈɡola/, [ãŋˈɡo.la]
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anɡola/, [ãŋ.ɡo̞.la]
Declension
Declension of Angola (inanimate, ending in -a) | |||
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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 | — | — |
Catalan
Pronunciation
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaŋɡola]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: An‧go‧la
Declension
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 (file) - Hyphenation: An‧go‧la
Faroese
Etymology
From Portuguese (Reino de) Angola (“(kingdom of) Angola”), from Kimbundu ngola (“king's title”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aŋˈkoːla/
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
Declension
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 | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Angolatta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of Angola (type kulkija) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Angolani | Angolamme |
2nd person | Angolasi | Angolanne |
3rd person | Angolansa |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡɔ.la/
Audio (file)
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aŋˈɡoːlaː/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Angola n (proper noun, genitive Angolas or (optionally with an article) Angola)
- Angola (a country in Southern Africa)
Derived terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒŋɡolɒ]
- Hyphenation: An‧go‧la
- Rhymes: -lɒ
Declension
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 | — |
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈɡɔ.la/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔla
- Hyphenation: An‧gò‧la
Derived terms
Latvian
Declension
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
- angolietis m, angoliete f
Lithuanian
Declension
nominative | Angola |
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genitive | Angolos |
dative | Angolai |
accusative | Angolą |
instrumental | Angola |
locative | Angoloje |
vocative | Angola |
Related terms
- angolietis m, angolietė f
Mauritian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɑ̃ɡola]
Norman
Alternative forms
- Aungôla (continental Normandy)
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑŋɡulɑ/
Norwegian Nynorsk
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aŋˈɡɔ.la/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔla
- Syllabification: An‧go‧la
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Portuguese

Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈɡɔ.lɐ/
- Hyphenation: An‧go‧la
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aŋɡôːla/
Declension
singular | |
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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)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈɡola/ [ãŋˈɡo.la]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ola
- Syllabification: An‧go‧la
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
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.
Related terms
- angolansk (“Angolan”, adjective)
- angolan c (“Angolan male”)
- angolanska c (“Angolan female”)
Turkish
Declension
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
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]