Abella

See also: abella

Catalan

Etymology

From the noun abella (“bee”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈβɛ.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈbə.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [aˈbe.ʎa]

Proper noun

Abella m or f by sense

1. a surname

Cebuano

Proper noun

Abella

1. a surname from Catalan

Latin

Etymology

From Oscan *𐌀𐌁𐌄𐌋𐌋𐌀 (*abella), attested in 𐌀𐌁𐌄𐌋𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌔 (abellans), of obscure and disputed origin. See there for more.

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈbel.la/, [äˈbɛlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbel.la/, [äˈbɛlːä]

Proper noun

Abella f sg (genitive Abellae); first declension

1. A city in interior Campania, situated near Nola

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Abella
Genitive	Abellae
Dative	Abellae
Accusative	Abellam
Ablative	Abellā
Vocative	Abella
Locative	Abellae

Derived terms

• Abellānus
• abellāna

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈbel.laː/, [äˈbɛlːʲäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbel.la/, [äˈbɛlːä]

Proper noun

Abellā f

1. ablative of Abella

References

• “Abella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Abella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Abella”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbelja/, [ʔɐˈbɛl.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -elja
• Syllabification: A‧bel‧la

Proper noun

Abella (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)

1. a surname from Catalan

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Abella is the 97th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 57,614 individuals.