Mandela

Mandela

English

Etymology

From Xhosa Mandela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mænˈdɛlə/

Proper noun

Mandela

1. A surname from Xhosa, notably borne by Nelson Mandela.

Derived terms

• Mandela effect
• Mandelian

Translations

surname

Afrikaans: Mandela Arabic: مَانْدِيلَا‎ m or f (mandēlā) Armenian: Մանդելա (Mandela) Belarusian: Мандэ́ла m or f (Mandéla) Bengali: ম্যান্ডেলা (mênḍela) Bulgarian: Манде́ла m or f (Mandéla) Chinese: Mandarin: 曼德拉 (zh) (Màndélā) Dutch: Mandela Georgian: მანდელა (mandela) German: Mandela Greek: Μαντέλα m or f (Mantéla) Hebrew: מנדלה‎ (he) (mandela) Hindi: मंडेला (maṇḍelā) Japanese: マンデラ (Mandera) Kazakh: Мандела (Mandela) Khoekhoe: please add this translation if you can Korean: 만델라 (Mandella) Persian: ماندلا‎ (mândelâ) Portuguese: Mandela m or f Russian: Манде́ла (ru) m or f (Mandɛ́la) Sinhalese: මැන්ඩෙලා (mænḍelā) Tswana: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: Манде́ла m or f (Mandéla) Urdu: منڈیلا‎ (maṇḍelā) Xhosa: Mandela Zulu: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Nelson Mandela on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Adelman, Ameland, lademan, leadman

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Xhosa Mandela.

Proper noun

Mandela

1. a surname, Mandela

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Dutch

Etymology

From Xhosa Mandela.

Proper noun

Mandela

1. a surname, Mandela

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Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /manˈdeː.la/, [män̪ˈd̪eːɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /manˈde.la/, [män̪ˈd̪ɛːlä]

Proper noun

Mandēla f sg (genitive Mandēlae); first declension

1. a small town of the Sabines

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mandēla
Genitive	Mandēlae
Dative	Mandēlae
Accusative	Mandēlam
Ablative	Mandēlā
Vocative	Mandēla
Locative	Mandēlae

Derived terms

• Mandēlānus

References

• “Mandela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mandela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “Mandela”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Xhosa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma.ˈndɛː.la]

Proper noun

Mandela

1. a surname, Mandela

Descendants

• English: Mandela
• Afrikaans: Mandela
• Dutch: Mandela