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.[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/
  • (file)
  • (RP) Rhymes: -əʊlə

Proper noun

Angola

  1. 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
  2. The Louisiana State Penitentiary.
  3. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
  4. A city, the county seat of Steuben County, Indiana, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas, United States.
  6. A village in Erie County, New York, United States.

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

References

  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), Angola”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. Kikongo-Kituba - English word list https://www.kupsala.net/risto/kongo/kituba-english.html#n%7C

Further reading

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈɡola/, [ãŋˈɡo.la]

Proper noun

Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Angola (Angola).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anɡola/, [ãŋ.ɡo̞.la]

Proper noun

Angola inan

  1. 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


Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Derived terms


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]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: An‧go‧la

Proper noun

Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Declension

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/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: An‧go‧la

Proper noun

Angola n

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Estonian

Proper noun

Angola

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡɔ.la/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Angola m

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Derived terms


Galician

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)

German

Etymology

From Kimbundu ngola.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aŋˈɡoːlaː/
  • (file)

Proper noun

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

  1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Derived terms

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

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈɡɔ.la/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Hyphenation: An‧gò‧la

Proper noun

Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Derived terms

Anagrams


Latvian

Proper noun

Angola f (4 declension)

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Declension

  • angolietis m, angoliete f

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Declension

  • angolietis m, angolietė f

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French Angola.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑ̃ɡola]

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Norman

Alternative forms

  • Aungôla (continental Normandy)

Proper noun

Angola

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑŋɡulɑ/

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aŋˈɡɔ.la/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Syllabification: An‧go‧la

Proper noun

Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
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

  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

See also


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aŋɡôːla/

Proper noun

Angȏla f (Cyrillic spelling Анго̑ла)

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Declension


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]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ola
  • Syllabification: An‧go‧la

Proper noun

Angola f

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)

See also


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)

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Anagrams


Turkish

Proper noun

Angola

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

See also


Yoruba

Àǹgólà

Etymology

From English Angola.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.ŋ̀.ɡó.là/

Proper noun

Àǹgólà

  1. Angola (a country in Africa)
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