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Mandela

/mænˈdɛlə/

Mandela proper noun: a surname from Xhosa, notably borne by Nelson Mandela.

Proper noun

Mandela

  1. A surname from Xhosa, notably borne by Nelson Mandela.
    • Our common room, thanks to a morally rectitudinous constitutional change some time previously, was known as the Nelson Mandela Room.2008 December 30, Libby Brooks, “Let heroes be unsung”, in The Guardian
    • This scenario would hark back to the post-apartheid era when South Africa operated under a GNU to oversee the new constitution, led by Mandela as president and FW de Klerk and Thabo Mbeki as deputy presidents, between April 1994 and February 1997.2024 May 30, Sarah Dean and David McKenzie, “First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift since apartheid”, in CNN

Verb

Mandela (third-person singular simple present Mandelas, present participle Mandelaing, simple past and past participle Mandelaed)

  1. To experience the Mandela effect.

Mandela meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Sinhala

Mandela in Hindi

surname
मंडेला maṇḍelā

Mandela in Urdu

surname
منڈیلا maṇḍelā

Mandela in Bengali

surname
ম্যান্ডেলা mênḍela

Mandela in Sinhala

surname
මැන්ඩෙලා mænḍelā
More languagesFewer languages
Mandela in Arabic
مَانْدِيلَا mandēlā
Mandela in Persian
ماندلا mândelâ

Forms of Mandela

third-person singular presentMandelas
present participleMandelaing
past participleMandelaed
pastMandelaed

Origin of Mandela

Borrowed from Xhosa Mandela.

Words formed from Mandela

Phrases with Mandela

Questions about Mandela

What does Mandela mean?
Mandela means a surname from Xhosa, notably borne by Nelson Mandela.
What is Mandela in Hindi?
Mandela in Hindi is मंडेला (maṇḍelā). See Mandela meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Mandela?
Mandela can be a proper noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce Mandela?
Mandela is pronounced /mænˈdɛlə/.

Words near Mandela in the dictionary

  1. Mandeep
  2. Mandeism
  3. Mandel
  4. mandel bread
  5. mandel breads
  6. Mandela
  7. Mandela effect
  8. Mandela effects
  9. mandelalide
  10. mandelamide
  11. mandelate

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Mandela (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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