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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseAngolaAngola
2Kimbundungolaking; king's title
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