单词 | angolan |
释义 | Angolann.adj. A. n. A native or inhabitant of Angola. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > countries or regions Angolan1600 Angola1653 Malay1765 South African1806 Ngwaketsea1832 bushboya1834 Kapenaar1834 Transkeian1847 bosch-man1849 Natalian1850 burgher1879 Transvaaler1887 veldman1895 Rhodesian1897 Vaalpens1899 backvelder1911 plattelander1934 southwester1960 Zimbabwean1961 Zambian1963 Botswanian1966 Botswanan1967 Namibian1968 Ciskeian1973 Sowetan1974 1600 J. Pory in tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. 413 For first in the yeere 1582, a fewe Portugals in an excursion that they made, put to flight an innumerable companie of the Angolans. 1738 London Mag. Sept. 465/1 She is the Female of the Creature, which the Angolans call Chimpanze. 1774 J. Wesley Thoughts upon Slavery 30 Where is the Justice of..depriving them of liberty itself? To which an Angolan, has the same natural rights as an Englishman. 1893 Gospel in All Lands June 259/1 The greatest festivity of the native Angolans is not the wedding, but the funeral. 1976 Daily Times (Lagos) 12 July 9/4 Every Angolan remembers the vile and cruel behaviours of the mercenaries who have sown death and despair in African countries in return for pay. 2009 New Yorker 2 Nov. 30/3 The large number of Angolans living in Lisbon kept cultural artifacts flowing between the countries. B. adj. Of or relating to Angola or its inhabitants. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [adjective] > countries or regions Angolan1625 South African1787 Malay1811 Ciskeian1848 Zambian1959 Zimbabwean1961 Namibian1968 Sowetan1977 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. xii. 1557 Diaz appointed ouer the Angolan Sobæ by him subdued, some of his Portugall Gentlemen. 1723 Full & Exact Acct. Tryal Pyrates 35 The Prisoner had been talking to the Negroes in Angolan Language all Night. 1836 Morning Post 4 Apr. The first chimpanzee ever brought to England was in 1758... The arrival of the Angolan stranger appears to have excited considerable curiosity. 1875 J. J. Monteiro Angola I. ii. 24 The character of the Angolan landscape is entirely different from that of the West Coast proper. 1960 Times 30 May 9/6 Sitting at a pavement café..in the little Angolan fishing port of Mocamedes. 2009 Wire Jan. 58/1 He switches between Portuguese and the traditional Angolan language Kimbundu. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1600 |
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