Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...
is a country in Southern Africa.
Angola may also refer to:
Places
United States
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Angola, Delaware, a city in the state of Delaware
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Angola, Florida
Angola was a prosperous agricultural community of maroons (escaped slaves) who had close relations with disaffected Red Sticks that existed in the Tampa Bay area following the War of 1812, the Patriot War, the Creek War and the First Semin ...
, a settlement founded by freedom-seeking peoples from 1812 until 1821 near Bradenton, Florida
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Angola, Indiana
Angola is a city in Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana, United States. The population was 8,612 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Steuben County. Angola was founded by Thomas Gale and Cornelius Gilmore on June 28, 1838, ...
, a city in the state of Indiana
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Angola, Kansas
Angola is an unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) ...
, a city in the state of Kansas
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Angola, Michigan, a ghost town
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Angola, New York
Angola is a village in the town of Evans in Erie County, New York, United States. Located east of Lake Erie, the village is southwest of downtown Buffalo. As of the 2010 Census, Angola had a population of 2,127. An unincorporated community ...
, a village in the state of New York near Buffalo
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Angola Horror, an 1867 train wreck that occurred there
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Louisiana State Penitentiary
The Louisiana State Penitentiary (known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South", "The Angola Plantation" and "The Farm"Sutton, Keith "Catfish".Out There: Angola angling. ''ESPN Outdoors''. May 31, 2006. Retrieved on August 25, 2010. ...
(also known as "Angola"), a state penitentiary in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
Other places
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Kingdom of Ndongo
The Kingdom of Ndongo (formerly known as Angola or Dongo, also Kimbundu: ) was an early-modern African state located in the highlands between the Lukala and Kwanza Rivers, in what is now Angola.
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, a historical Bantu kingdom
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Portuguese Angola
In southwestern Africa, Portuguese Angola was a historical Evolution of the Portuguese Empire, colony of the Portuguese Empire (1575–1951), the overseas province Portuguese West Africa of Estado Novo (Portugal), Estado Novo Portugal (1951–1 ...
, a historic Portuguese colonial territory
Other uses
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Angola (shawl), an imitated ''cashmere'' shawl
* Angola, a derivation of ''Angora'' a very soft
Angora wool
Angora hair or Angora fibre is the downy coat produced by the Angora rabbit. While the names of the source animals are similar, Angora fibre is distinct from mohair, which comes from the Angora goat. The cloth produced has sometimes been named A ...
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Capoeira Angola
Capoeira de Angola (Angolan capoeira) or simply ''angola'' is the traditional style of capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian martial art. A newer style, based on the reform of capoeira Angola, is called ''capoeira regional, regional''.
However, the term ...
, a style of the Afro-Brazilian martial art Capoeira
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Angola (Book of Mormon), a city in the Book of Mormon
* "Angola, Louisiana", a song from the 1978 album ''
Secrets'' by Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson
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Braian Angola
Braian Alexander Angola-Rodas (born April 6, 1994) is a Colombian professional basketball player for Türk Telekom of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi. He played college basketball for the Florida State Seminoles. The swingman competed for Find ...
(born 1994), Colombian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
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Reytory Angola
Reytory Angola ( – 1689) was a Black woman from New Amsterdam. Brought to the colony as a slave of the Dutch West India Company, she received conditional manumission in 1644. In 1661, she became the first Black person to petition a legislature a ...
(–1689), Black landowner in colonial New York
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Angola (wargame), a board game simulating the Angolan civil war
See also
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Angolan (disambiguation)
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