Celle
See also: celle
English edit
Proper noun edit
Celle
- A town and rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Old Saxon Kiellu (“settlement by the river”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Celle n (proper noun, genitive Celles or (optionally with an article) Celle)
- Celle (a town and rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany)
References edit
- Adolf Bach: Deutsche Namenkunde. Band II: Die deutschen Ortsnamen. Teilband 1: Einleitung. Zur Laut- und Formenlehre, zur Satzfügung, Wortbildung und -bedeutung der deutschen Ortsnamen. Winter, Heidelberg 1953, S. 36.