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Angola

Syllabification: (An·go·la)

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Definition of Angola
  • a republic on the western coast of southern Africa; population 12,799,300 (est. 2009); capital, Luanda; languages, Portuguese (official), Bantu languages.

Angola was a Portuguese possession from the end of the 16th century until it achieved independence in 1975. Independence was followed by years of civil war, chiefly between the ruling Marxist MPLA and the UNITA movement; this was halted by the signing of a ceasefire in 2002

Derivatives

Angolan

adjective & noun

Angola in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Angola in the British & World English dictionary