Ngola was the title for rulers of the
Ndongo kingdom which existed from the sixteenth to the seventeenth century in what is now north-west
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 ...
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The full title was "''Ngola a Kiluanje''", which is often shortened to simply "''Ngola''", hence the name of the modern country.
See also
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Ndongo
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List of Ngolas of Ndongo
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History of Angola
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Ngola (language)
References
Matamban and Ndongo monarchs
16th century in Angola
17th century in Angola
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