Angolan
/ (æŋˈɡəʊlən) /
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adjective
of or relating to Angola or its inhabitants
noun
a native or inhabitant of Angola
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Words nearby Angolan
Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxonism, Anglosphere, Anglo-Venetian glass, Angola, Angolan, Angolese, angon, angophora, angor, Angora
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How to use Angolan in a sentence
It has led to a fiscal deficit and has eroded the purchasing power of the Angolan kwanza, he says.
When oil prices plummeted in 2014, causing the Angolan economy to contract for a few years, the heat was felt 3,600 miles away in Portuguese households whose breadwinners were affected by the economic fluctuations.
Some 15,000 Cuban troops fought in the Angolan civil war of the 1980s.