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
• Marathi: सांत्यागो दे कोंपोस्तेलो (sāntyāgo de kompostelo)
• Occitan: Sant Jaume de Compostèla
• Portuguese: Santiago de Compostela (pt)
• Spanish: Santiago de Compostela (es) m

Galician

A view of Santiago de Compostela

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Santiago de Compostela.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sanˈtjaɡo ˈde komposˈtɛla/ [s̺an̪ˈt̪jɑ.ɣ̞ʊ ˈð̞e kom.pos̺ˈt̪ɛ.lɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /sanˈtjaɡo ˈde komposˈtɛla/ [s̺an̪ˈt̪jɑ.ɣ̞ʊ ˈð̞e kom.pos̺ˈt̪ɛ.lɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /sanˈtjaħo ˈde komposˈtɛla/ [s̺an̪ˈt̪jɑ.ħʊ ˈð̞e kom.pos̺ˈt̪ɛ.lɐ]

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 de Compostela” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Santiago from Sānctus Iācōbus (“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.

Proper noun

Santiago de Compostela

1. A city in Galicia

   Synonyms: Santiago, Compostela

   • 1295, anonymous author, [Crónica Xeral e Crónica de Castela]; republished as Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, 1975, page 900:

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     [Et depoys moueo a rribeyra de Doyro aiusso, ffazendo grandes gerras a cristãos, ata que chegou a Ssantiago de Cõpostela et tomo[u] as cãpaas de Ssantiago et leuoas a Cordoua.]

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Descendants

• Galician: Santiago de Compostela
• Portuguese: Santiago de Compostela

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Santiago”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

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