Santiago de Compostela

English

Alternative forms

• Santiago, Compostela

Proper noun

Santiago de Compostela

1. A city in Galicia, Spain, a major Christian pilgrimage site.

Translations

city

• Arabic: سانتياغو دي كومبوستيلا
• Basque: Compostelako Donejakue
• Catalan: Santiago de Compostel·la m
• Corsican: Santiago di Compostela
• Dutch: Santiago de Compostela, Sint-Jacob van Compostella
• French: Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle (fr)
• Galician: Santiago de Compostela (gl) m
• German: Santiago de Compostela (de) n
• Italian: Santiago di Compostela
• Japanese: サンティアゴ・デ・コンポステーラ
• Occitan: Sant Jaume de Compostèla
• Portuguese: Santiago de Compostela (pt)
• Spanish: Santiago de Compostela (es) m

Galician

A view of Santiago de Compostela

Etymology

Santiago from Latin Sanctus Iacobus, "Saint James". Compostela, attested as Conpostella in 966, from Latin compositella, diminutive of compositus (“ordered, arranged”), meaning "the (well) composed little one" vel sim. A common incorrect etymology derives from the purported campus stellae or field of stars, leading to names such as campo de estrellas in Spanish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sanˈtjaɣo ðekomposˈtɛlɐ]

Proper noun

Santiago de Compostela

1. A city in A Coruña, Galicia. Allegedly, the cathedral was built over the resting place of St James the Great

Related terms

• Compostela

References

• “santiago” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “Santiago de Compostela” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈa.ɡu d͡ʒi kõ.posˈtɛ.lɐ/ [sɐ̃.t͡ʃɪˈa.ɡu d͡ʒi kõ.posˈtɛ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /sɐ̃ˈt͡ʃja.ɡu d͡ʒi kõ.posˈtɛ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈa.ɡu d͡ʒi kõ.posˈtɛ.lɐ/ [sɐ̃.t͡ʃɪˈa.ɡu d͡ʒi kõ.posˈtɛ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /sɐ̃ˈt͡ʃja.ɡu d͡ʒi kõ.posˈtɛ.lɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈa.ɡu d͡ʒi kõ.poʃˈtɛ.lɐ/ [sɐ̃.t͡ʃɪˈa.ɡu d͡ʒi kõ.poʃˈtɛ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /sɐ̃ˈt͡ʃja.ɡu d͡ʒi kõ.poʃˈtɛ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈa.ɡo de kõ.posˈtɛ.la/ [sɐ̃.t͡ʃɪˈa.ɡo de kõ.posˈtɛ.la], (faster pronunciation) /sɐ̃ˈt͡ʃja.ɡo de kõ.posˈtɛ.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃ˈtja.ɡu dɨ kõ.puʃˈtɛ.lɐ/ [sɐ̃ˈtja.ɣu ðɨ kõ.puʃˈtɛ.lɐ]

Proper noun

Santiago de Compostela

1. Santiago de Compostela (a city in A Coruña, Galicia)

   Synonym: Santiago

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician.

Proper noun

Santiago de Compostela m

1. Santiago de Compostela (city)

Derived terms

• compostelano
• santiagués

 

See also

• jacobeo
• picheleiro