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 (el) 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

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Xhosa Mandela.

Proper noun

Mandela

1. a surname, Mandela

Dutch

Etymology

From Xhosa Mandela.

Proper noun

Mandela

1. a surname, Mandela

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]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /manˈde.la/, [män̪ˈd̪ɛːlä]

Proper noun

Mandēla f sg (genitive Mandēlae); first declension

1. a small town in the Sabines, near the Digentia

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

Xhosa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma.ˈndɛː.la]

Proper noun

Mandela

1. a surname, Mandela

Descendants

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