Compostela
Cebuano
Etymology
Named after the Galician city.
Proper noun
Compostela
- A municipality of Cebu, Philippines
- (historical) a former barrio of Danao, Cebu
- a municipality of Compostela Valley
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Compostela.
Galician
A view of Santiago de Compostela
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /komposˈtɛla/
Proper noun
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
- compostelán
- Santiago de Compostela
References
- “compostela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- Silva, Ermelindo (2003), Historia da cidade de Santiago de Compostela. Santiago de compostela: USC, page 81. →ISBN.
Spanish
Proper noun
Compostela m
- Santiago de Compostela
Further reading
- “Compostela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014