Angela

Etymology

Feminine form of Church Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger, angel”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈændʒələ/

Proper noun

Angela

1. A female given name..
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book III, canto III, stanza 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.

   • 1996 Frank McCourt: Angela's Ashes. HarperCollins. →ISBN Chapter I, page 5:

     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.

Anagrams

• Galena, alnage, anlage, galena, lagena

Proper noun

Angela

1. A female given name., cognate to English Angela.

Proper noun

Angela f

1. A female given name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡeːla/, /ˈaŋɡela/, /ˈaŋəla/

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Proper noun

Angela f (genitive Angelas)

1. A female given name., cognate to English Angela.

Proper noun

Angela f

1. A female given name., cognate to English Angela.

Proper noun

Angela f (genitive Angelae); first declension

1. A female given name., cognate to English Angela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaŋɡɛɫa/

Proper noun

Angela f (genitive Angely, nominative plural Angely) declension pattern žena

1. A female given name..

Further reading

• Angela in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Proper noun

Angela c (genitive Angelas)

1. A female given name., cognate to Angela.