Hebrew

ANGOLA is the name of a NEPHITE city. If the name is from a HEBREW root, it may be a combination of words, since the HEBREW letter nun is contact with any other consonant within a word would make it subject to "progressive assimilation" or "regressive assimilation" (i.e., "ng" or "gn" becomes "gg"). Thus, the name may derive from the HEBREW word ʿayn, "spring, well," and a word from the root GLH, "to uncover, reveal" or GLL, with the basic meaning of "to roll, roll away (a rock or stone)." A combination of ʿayn plus a form of either of the roots may generate the names "Open Spring" or "Rock Spring." An EGYPTIAN etymology is also possible, as is one from an indigenous language.

(Book of Mormon Onomasticon 2016)

Angolah is a city identified late in the Book of Mormon in the final conflict as the Nephites were retreating. The Nephites took possession of the city and made preparation to defend themselves, fortifying the city “with their might” but the Lamanites successfully drove them out of the city (Mormon 2:4). Reasonable etymological units for Angolah are:

Sumerian

Event Descriptor units

A: a weapon or a leather holder for a weapon

an: sky, heaven; upper; crown (of a tree)

an-na-ĝu10 (form of an)

gal: (to be) big, great

gu-la, gal-la, gal-a, gu-la2 (form of

gal)

ĝal: to be (there, at hand, available); to exist;

to put, place, lay down; to have

ĝal2-la, ĝal2-a (form of ĝal)

ĝal: to guard, protect

gu: force

gul: to destroy; to break; to flatten; to carve,

cut

gul-la, gul-a, an-gul-a-ni, nu-gul (form

of gul)

GUL: a designation of chariots

u: defeat

ul: vault of heaven, firmament

ul: greatly

ul: to hasten, (be) quick; (to be) early

ul4-la (form of ul)

ul: terror

ula: battle

ula: (to be) feeble

la: to press, throttle

he: be it

Constructed Compound Word: Angolah(e)

Geographical Description units

a: water

a-ni, a-na (form of a)

an: sky, heaven; upper; crown (of a tree)

an-na-ĝu10 (form of an)

anaĝ: drink

angal: spot, marking

gu: bank, side; neck

u: earth pile

U: type of stone

ul: vault of heaven, firmament

ul: fruit; bud

ul-la (form of ul)

la: flooding

he: be it

Constructed Compound Word: Angolah(e)

Hebrew

ʿayn: spring, well

GLH: to uncover, reveal

GLL: to roll, roll away (a rock or stone)