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angola

UK[æŋˈɡəʊlə]US/æŋˈɡoʊlə/
nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,979 of 15,258mostly written

Angola is a Portuguese-speaking country on Africa's southwest coast, capital Luanda. Fly to Angola, the coast of Angola, born in Angola.

It is one of Africa's largest oil producers, and Luanda has repeatedly been ranked among the most expensive cities in the world for foreign workers. The country was a Portuguese colony until 1975 and Portuguese remains official.

Original: Henrique de Carvalho Santos Vector: SKopp · Public domain

Definitions of angola

  1. 1nounangolaPortuguese-speaking country on Africa's southwest coast, capital Luanda.B2+

    “Angola won its independence from Portugal in 1975 after a long war.”

angola is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. Portuguese

    Angola

  2. English

    Angola

  3. English, today

    angola

Angola Borrowed from Portuguese Angola. From Portuguese Angola (“(kingdom of) Angola”), from kmb ngola, title held by native kings at the time of the Portuguese colonization in the 15th century AD. Compare ktu ngolo (“strength”). c.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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