Angola
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Angola
- /æŋˈɡoʊlə/
- [æŋˈɡəʊlə] UK
- [aŋˈɡəwlə] British, Southern, Standard
- [æŋˈɡəʉlə] Australia
- [ɛŋˈɡɐʉlə] New Zealand
- [aŋˈɡolə] Scotland
- [aŋˈɡoːlə] Wales
Rhymes with -əʊlə
Where it comes from
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”).
First attested in c. 1595.
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.
proper noun
- A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Angola. Capital and largest city: Luanda. Social assistance payments are being digitized for the first time under Angola’s first poverty-targeted cash transfer project, Kwenda, which started in May 2020 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the Government-to-Person (G2P) Payments initiative, the World Bank’s Finance, Competitivene
- A former colony of Portugal, 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 Louisiana State Penitentiary. “Who wanna get stuck in Angola with Lana Lee? She was bad enough on the outside. Shit.”
- 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 the town of Evans, Erie County, New York, United States.
noun Angolas
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Synonym of angora (“type of cat”).
Similar: angora
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: namibia, congo, ethiopia, angolan, algeria, luanda, benguela, country, engo, ngo, ang, communique, the, bongo, ngu, aguilar
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Talk about this word "Angola." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/angola. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Angola. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/angola "Angola." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/angola.Cite this
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title = {Angola},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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