Where does “Ăng-gô-la” come from?

Ăng-gô-la (Vietnamese) comes from Portuguese Angola, from Kimbundu ngola — king; king's title.

Ăng-gô-la (Vietnamese): Angolan

Definitions

  1. Angolan

Ancestry of “Ăng-gô-la”, step by step

Ăng-gô-la traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese Angola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseAngolaAngolan of or relating to Angola or its people
2Kimbundungolaking; king's title

via French Angola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchAngola—
Every word from Kimbundu ngola →Every word from Portuguese Angola →