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
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.
It has led to a fiscal deficit and has eroded the purchasing power of the Angolan kwanza, he says.
Some 15,000 Cuban troops fought in the Angolan civil war of the 1980s.