Angola

[经] 安哥拉

发音

UK /æŋˈɡəʊlə/
US /æŋˈɡoʊlə/

词形变化

Angolas 复数

别名

Angl.

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of angora (cat).

    安哥拉

name
  1. 1.

    A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Angola. Capital and largest city: Luanda.

  2. 2.

    A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Angola. Capital and largest city: Luanda.

    A former colony of Portugal, Portuguese Angola, also known as Portuguese West Africa and officially the State of West Africa, from 1575 to 1975.

    历史
  3. 3.

    A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Angola. Capital and largest city: Luanda.

    The People's Republic of Angola, from 1975 to 1992.

  4. 4.

    The Louisiana State Penitentiary.

  5. 5.

    An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.

  6. 6.

    A city, the county seat of Steuben County, Indiana, United States.

  7. 7.

    An unincorporated community in Labette County, Kansas, United States.

  8. 8.

    A village in Erie County, New York, United States.

相关短语

Republic of Angola [网络] 安哥拉共和国 People's Republic of Angola 安哥拉人民共和国

词源

Etymology tree Kimbundu ngolader. Portuguese Angolabor. English 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”). 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.

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