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. 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

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^af

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Angola

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

• Angolees

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^ast

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

Angola f

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Basque Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^eu

Borrowed from Spanish Angola (“Angola”).

• IPA^(key): /anɡola/

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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 ”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^ca

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) ,
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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)

Crimean Tatar Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^crh

• Hyphenation: An‧go‧la

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• “Angola”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^cs

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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

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^da

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

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^fi

From Portuguese Angola.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑŋːolɑ/,
• 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

 Angola on Hungarian Wikipedia

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

Angola

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

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^it

• 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):

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• Angole

• Aungôla (continental)

Angola

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

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^no

• IPA^(key): /ɑŋɡulɑ/

Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• angolaner
• angolansk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

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

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^pl

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

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^pt

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)

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^sk

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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 (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^sl

• 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.

• 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

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^es

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡola/

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

Angola f

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

• angolano, angolana
• angoleño, angoleña

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^sw

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Angola

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^sv

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.

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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/
• 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

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:

Angola

Wikipedia ^cy

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”)

 Àǹgólà on Yoruba Wikipedia

From English Angola.

• IPA^(key): /à.ŋ̀.ɡó.là/

Àǹgólà

1. Angola (a country in Southern Africa)