Angola

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] 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.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /æŋˈɡəʊlə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æŋˈɡoʊlə/

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

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.
   • 1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →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.

• (country in south Africa): Subsahara

• Angolan

• → Gujarati: અંગોલા (aṅgolā)
• → Welsh: Angola

Angola (plural Angolas)

1. Synonym of angora (cat).

• Countries of the world

• Angola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Angola (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

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Angola

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

• Angolees

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡola/ [aŋˈɡo.la]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: An‧go‧la

Angola f

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Borrowed from Spanish Angola (“Angola”).

• IPA^(key): /anɡola/ [aŋ.ɡo.la]

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

Angola inan

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• “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

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

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Angola f

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• angolès

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• Hyphenation: An‧go‧la

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• “Angola”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

• IPA^(key): [ˈaŋɡola]

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• Hyphenation: An‧go‧la

Angola f (relational adjective angolský, demonym Angolan)

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• “Angola”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Angola”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• angolaner
• angolansk

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑŋˈɣoː.laː/

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• Hyphenation: An‧go‧la

Angola n

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

From Portuguese (Reino de) Angola (“(kingdom of) Angola”), from Kimbundu ngola (“king's title”).

• IPA^(key): /aŋˈkoːla/

Angola n

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• angolskur

From Portuguese Angola.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑŋːolɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ŋːo̞lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑŋːolɑ
• Syllabification^(key): An‧go‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): An‧go‧la

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡɔ.la/

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Angola m

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• angolais
• Angolais

Angola ?

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• angolano

From Kimbundu ngola.

• IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡoːlaː/

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

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• Angolaner
• angolanisch

• “Angola” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒŋɡolɒ]
• Hyphenation: An‧go‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa; official name: Angolai Köztársaság)

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡɔ.la/

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

Angola f

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• galano

Angola f (4 declension)

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• angolietis m, angoliete f

Angola f

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• angolietis m, angolietė f

From French Angola.

• IPA^(key): [ɑ̃ɡola]

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• Angole

• Aungôla (continental)

Angola

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑŋɡulɑ/

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• angolaner
• angolansk

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• angolan, angolanar
• angolansk

• IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡɔ.la/

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

From Portuguese (Reino de) Angola (“(kingdom of) Angola”).

Angola f (related adjective angolski)

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Angola m

1. genitive/accusative singular of Angol

• Angola in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Kimbundu ngola (“king”).

• Hyphenation: An‧go‧la

Angola f

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa; capital: Luanda)

Angola is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal. This rule is sometimes broken by Brazilian speakers.

• angolano
• angolense

• IPA^(key): /anɡôːla/

Angȏla f (Cyrillic spelling Анго̑ла)

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• IPA^(key): [ˈanɡɔla]

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

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• “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, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /anɡɔ̀ːla/

Angóla f

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Angóla
genitive	Angóle
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Angóla
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Angóle
dative (dajȃlnik)	Angóli
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Angólo
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Angóli
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Angólo

• Angólec / Angólka
• angólski

• “Angola”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “Angola”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡola/ [ãŋˈɡo.la]

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

Angola f

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• angolano, angolana
• angoleño, angoleña

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Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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.

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡoːla/

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Angola n (genitive Angolas)

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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

• Angola in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

• analog

• Anggola

Borrowed from Spanish Angola.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaŋˈɡola/ [ʔɐŋˈɡoː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: An‧go‧la

Angola (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜎ)

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• Angolalı

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

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

Angola f

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

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

From English Angola.

• IPA^(key): /à.ŋ̀.ɡó.là/

Àǹgólà

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)