name
Meaning 1
A surname from Xhosa, notably borne by Nelson Mandela.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Mandela
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/mænˈdɛlə/
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CMU ARPABET: M AE2 N D EH1 L AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To experience the Mandela effect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Nelson Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nationalist leader, statesman, solon, national leader
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Xhosa Mandela.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: Mandela — surname
- Arabic: مَانْدِيلَا (mandēlā) — surname
- Armenian: Մանդելա (Mandela) — surname
- Belarusian: Мандэ́ла (Mandéla) — surname
- Bengali: ম্যান্ডেলা (mênḍela) — surname
- Bulgarian: Манде́ла (Mandéla) — surname
- Chinese Mandarin: 曼德拉 (Màndélā) — surname
- Dutch: Mandela — surname
- Georgian: მანდელა (mandela) — surname
- German: Mandela — surname
- Greek: Μαντέλα (Mantéla) — surname
- Hebrew: מנדלה (mandela) — surname
- Hindi: मंडेला (maṇḍelā) — surname
- Japanese: マンデラ — surname
- Kazakh: Мандела (Mandela) — surname
- Korean: 만델라 (Mandella) — surname
- Persian: ماندلا (mândelâ) — surname
- Portuguese: Mandela — surname
- Russian: Манде́ла (Mandɛ́la) — surname
- Sinhalese: මැන්ඩෙලා (mænḍelā) — surname
- Ukrainian: Манде́ла (Mandéla) — surname
- Urdu: منڈیلا (maṇḍelā) — surname
- Xhosa: Mandela — surname
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