Mella

See also: mella, mellá, and mełła

Italian

Etymology

From Latin.

Proper noun

Mella m

1. A river in Lombardy

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.la/, [ˈmɛlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.la/, [ˈmɛlːä]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

View of the river

Alternative forms

• Mēla

Proper noun

Mella m sg (genitive Mellae); first declension

1. A river in Gallia Transpadana that flows into the Ollius, still called Mella

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mella
Genitive	Mellae
Dative	Mellae
Accusative	Mellam
Ablative	Mellā
Vocative	Mella

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Mella m sg (genitive Mellae); first declension

1. a Roman surname in the gens Annaea

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mella
Genitive	Mellae
Dative	Mellae
Accusative	Mellam
Ablative	Mellā
Vocative	Mella

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeʝa/ [ˈme.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈmeʝa/ [ˈme.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈmeʎa/ [ˈme.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmeʃa/ [ˈme.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmeʒa/ [ˈme.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -eʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -eʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -eʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -eʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -eʒa

• Syllabification: Me‧lla

Proper noun

Mella ?

1. A town in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba