calella

Galician

Alternative forms

• canella

Etymology

From Latin *callicula (“little road, little street”), diminutive of callis, or from canalicula (“little channel”). Compare Spanish calleja and canaleja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈleʎa̝/

Noun

calella f (plural calellas)

1. ravine, defile

   Synonym: quenlla

2. narrow way

   Synonym: congostra

3. alley
   • 1339, M. Lucas Alvarez; P. P. Lucas Domínguez (ed.), San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Publicacións de Caixa Galicia, page 488:

     do outro cabo parten per la callela que uen do Penedo pera as cassas do abbade de Cellanoua et entesta en o eirado dante a torre do conçello

     on the other extreme they depart from the alley that comes from Penedo to the houses of the abbot of Celanova, and ends in the plaza before the council's tower

References

• “calella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “calella” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “calella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “canella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.