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Angela
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angela angelą Angéla anĝela Ángela Ângela Āngēlā
English
Etymology
Feminine form of Church en la Angelus, from en grc ἄγγελος messenger, angel.
Pronunciation
en /ˈænd͡ʒələ/ GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Angela.wav
Proper noun
en female Ancient Greek.
III III 56 Faire Angela (quoth she) men do her call, / No whit lesse faire, then terrible in fight: / She hath the leading of a Martiall / And mighty people, dreaded more then all / The other Saxons, which do for her sake / And love, themselves of her name Angles call.
en 1996 Frank McCourt Angela's Ashes I 5 HarperCollins. 000649840X And the child was named Angela for the Angelus which rang the midnight hour, the New Year, the minute of her coming and because she was a little angel anyway.ibid., page 39:The man says his name is Mr. Dimino and that's his wife, Angela, behind the counter. I tell him that's my mother's name. No kiddin', kid. Your mother is Angela? I didn't know the Irish had any Angelas.
Usage notes
Name of an Italian 15th/16th century saint. In general use in English since the 18th century.
Derived terms
en Deangela
Related terms
pet form Angie, Ang, Ange
variants Angel, Angelica, Angelina, Angeline, Angelique
male names Angel, Angelo
Translations
female given name
Albanian: sq Engjëllike
Basque: eu Aingere, eu Gotzone
Belarusian: be Анжэ́ла f
Breton: br Añjela f
Bulgarian: bg Анджела f, bg Анжела f
Burmese: my အင်ဂျလာ
Catalan: ca Àngela f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 安杰拉 Ānjiélā, cmn 安吉拉 Ānjílā, from German cmn 安格拉 Āngélā
Czech: cs Anděla f
Esperanto: eo Anĝela
Estonian: et Angela
French: fr Angèle f
Galician: gl Ánxela f
Georgian: ka ანგელა, ka ანჯელა
German: de Angela f
Greek: el Αγγελική f
Hungarian: hu Angéla
Inuktitut: iu ᐋᓐᔨᓚ
Italian: it Angela f
Japanese: ja アンジェラ Anjera, German ja アンゲラ Angera
Latvian: lv Anžela f
Portuguese: pt Ângela f
Romagnol: rgn Angiùla f
Russian: ru Анже́ла f, English ru А́нджела f, German ru А́нгела f, Spanish ru А́нхела f
Serbo-Croatian: sh Anđela
Sicilian: scn Àncila f
Spanish: es Ángela f
Swedish: sv Angela
Vietnamese: vi An-giê-la
Anagrams
en aaegln Galena alnage anlage galena lagena
Estonian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female Latin Angela
Related terms
et Angelika
et Angelina
See also
Ingel
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female Latin
Usage notes
f Angeluson Angeludóttir
Declension
Angela Angelu Angelu Angelu
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈaŋɡela/ /aŋˈɡeːla/ /ˈaŋəla/
de De-Angela.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-Angela2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
f,s.gen:s:-[with article]
de female Latin Angela
Declension
f,s[rare].gen:s:-
Related terms
de Angelika, de Angelina
Anagrams
de aaegln Anlage
Italian
Pronunciation
Àngela
Proper noun
f
it female Ancient Greek Angela
Latin
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Angela<1.both>
la female Ancient Greek Angela
Declension
Angela<1.both>
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Angelà
Proper noun
f 2 Angelà
lt female Angela
Declension
Angel Ángel s
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f Angelka
sk female Latin
Declension
f Angel
Derived terms
sk Andela
sk Andelka
sk Angelika
Further reading
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Angela.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female Latin Angela
Related terms
sv Angelica
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor es:Ángela + 1
Pronunciation
Ánghela Ánjela<qq:English influence>
Proper noun
Ángelá anghela,anjela
tl female Spanish Angela
Related terms
tl Angelo Angelino Angelina