Relating to Angola (a country in southern Africa) or its people; a person from Angola.
From Angola + -an (suffix forming adjectives and nouns of origin). The name Angola likely derives from 'ngola,' a Bantu word meaning 'king' or chief ruler, referring to the region's indigenous governance structures.
Angola was colonized by Portugal and became a major source of enslaved people—the origin of its name in indigenous kingship makes it poignant that later European powers used the same territory for human trafficking.
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