Pella

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See also: pella and pełła

English

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An archaeological site at Pella
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Etymology

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From Latin Pella from Ancient Greek Πέλλα (Pélla), from Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla) (presumably from an earlier *πέλσα) from Proto-Indo-European *pels- (stone). Cognates include Irish aill (boulder, cliff), Pashto پرښه (parša, rock, rocky ledge)[1], Sanskrit पाषाण m (pāṣāṇa) / पाषी f (pāṣī, stone),[2] Proto-Germanic *falisaz, English fell (rocky ridge), Old Norse fell / fjall (mountain), German Fels (rock, cliff)[3]

Proper noun

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Pella

  1. (historical) An ancient city, capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia.
  2. A regional unit of Greece in its periphery of Central Macedonia.
  3. A town of Greece in Central Macedonia.

References

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέλλα (Pélla).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Pella f sg (genitive Pellae); first declension

  1. Pella

Declension

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Pella
Genitive Pellae
Dative Pellae
Accusative Pellam
Ablative Pellā
Vocative Pella
Locative Pellae

Derived terms

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References

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