Ngola was the title for rulers of the
Ndongo
The Kingdom of Ndongo (formerly known as Angola or Dongo, also Kimbundu: ) was an early-modern African state located in the highlands between the Lukala and Kwanza Rivers, in what is now Angola.
The Kingdom of Ndongo is first recorded in t ...
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.
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Ndongo
The Kingdom of Ndongo (formerly known as Angola or Dongo, also Kimbundu: ) was an early-modern African state located in the highlands between the Lukala and Kwanza Rivers, in what is now Angola.
The Kingdom of Ndongo is first recorded in t ...
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List of Ngolas of Ndongo
The following is an incomplete list of Ngolas (rulers) of the Kingdom of Ndongo, a pre-colonial West−Central African state in what is now Angola.
The full title of those who ruled over the Northern Mbundu Kingdom of Ndongo was '' Ngola a Kila ...
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History of Angola
Angola was first settled by San people, San hunter-gatherer societies before the northern domains came under the rule of Bantu peoples, Bantu states such as Kingdom of Kongo, Kongo and Ndongo. In the 15th century, Portuguese Empire, Portuguese ...
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Ngola (language)
Angolar Creole () is a Portuguese-based creole language of São Tomé and Príncipe, spoken in the southernmost towns of São Tomé Island and sparsely along the coast, especially by Angolar people. It is also called ''n'golá'' by its native ...
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Matamban and Ndongo monarchs
16th century in Angola
17th century in Angola
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