Compostela
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish Compostela, from Galician Compostela, from Latin compositella (“the little well-organized one”), from composita (“put together, arranged”) + -ella (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from compōnere (“to put together”), from con- (“with, together”) + pōnere (“to put, to place”), q.v.
Proper noun
[edit]Compostela
- Synonym of Santiago de Compostela, a city in Galicia, Spain, a major Christian pilgrimage site.
Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after the Galician city.
Proper noun
[edit]Compostela
- A municipality of Cebu, Philippines
- (history) a former barrio of Danao, Cebu
- a municipality of Compostela Valley
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:Compostela.
Galician
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Vista_a%C3%A9ra_da_zona_vella_de_Santiago_de_Compostela.jpg/220px-Vista_a%C3%A9ra_da_zona_vella_de_Santiago_de_Compostela.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Attested as Conpostella in 966, from Latin compositella, diminutive of composita (“ordered, arranged”), meaning "the (well) composed little one" vel sim.[1]
Cognate with Spanish Compostilla.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Compostela
- A city in A Coruña, Galicia
- Synonyms: Santiago, Santiago de Compostela
- A village in Abeancos parish, Melide, A Coruña, Galicia
- A village in A Mezquita parish, A Mezquita, Ourense, Galicia
- A village in Manín parish, Lobios, Ourense, Galicia
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “compostela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Spanish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Compostela m
Further reading
[edit]- “Compostela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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