Compostela
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish Compostela, from Galician Compostela, from Latin compositella (“the little well-organized one”), from composita (“put together, arranged”) + -ella (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from compōnere (“to put together”), from con- (“with, together”) + pōnere (“to put, to place”), q.v.
Proper noun edit
Compostela
- Synonym of Santiago de Compostela, a city in Galicia, Spain, a major Christian pilgrimage site.
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Named after the Galician city.
Proper noun edit
Compostela
- A municipality of Cebu, Philippines
- (history) a former barrio of Danao, Cebu
- a municipality of Compostela Valley
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Compostela.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Proper noun edit
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 edit
References edit
- “compostela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
Spanish edit
Proper noun edit
Compostela m
Further reading edit
- “Compostela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014