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单词 amandla
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amandlaint.

Brit. /əˈmɑːndlə/, /əˈmandlə/, U.S. /əˈmɑndlə/, /əˈmændlə/, South African English /əˈmɑːndlə/
Forms: 1900s– amandla, 1900s– amandhla.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Xhosa. Partly a borrowing from Zulu. Etymons: Xhosa amandla, Zulu amandla.
Etymology: < Xhosa amandla and its cognate Zulu amandla < ama-, plural class prefix + -ndla power, strength, authority.The form amandhla reflects a former spelling system for Xhosa and Zulu, in which dhl represents the voiced alveolar lateral fricative (/ɮ/) now written as dl.
South African.
Originally: used as a slogan or rallying cry (meaning ‘power, strength’) at protests and public demonstrations by political activists fighting for liberation during the apartheid era. Now used with reference to this activism.Often the first part of a call-and-response chant to which the answer ngawethu ‘is ours’ is given.
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1961 ANC pamphlet in H. H. W. De Villiers Rivonia (1964) 77 With your support we will win amandla ngawethu!
1963 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 11 Oct. 9/4 She wore a button that showed an outline of Africa... Written across the outline in capital letters was the word ‘amandla’.
1979 Voice of Voiceless 30 Sept. 2 Amandla! we say. We congratulate the Azanian Peoples' Organisation (Azapo) for their courage in convening the organisation's First Congress.
1990 D. Bristow & S. Motjuwadi Soweto vii. 129 Comrades in mock military uniforms carry wooden rifles, they wave ANC flags, sing freedom songs and thrust clenched fists to the sky chanting ‘Amandla!’
2011 M. Walker in A. Bissett & C. MacDougall New Writing Scotl. 29 209Amandla!’ Harry and his team called, ‘Power!’ because that's what they said in South Africa.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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