Santiago de Compostela

Santiago from Latin Sanctus Iacobus, "Saint James". Compostela, attested as Conpostella in 966, from Latin compositella, diminutive of compositus (“ordered, arranged”), meaning "the (well) composed little one" vel sim.^[1] A common incorrect etymology derives from the purported campus stellae or field of stars, leading to names such as campo de estrellas in Spanish.^[2]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [sanˈtjaɣo ðekomposˈtɛlɐ]

Proper noun edit

Santiago de Compostela

A city in A Coruña, Galicia. Allegedly, the cathedral was built over the resting place of St James the Great

Related terms edit

Compostela

References edit

“santiago” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“Santiago de Compostela” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.

^ Silva, Ermelindo (2003), Historia da cidade de Santiago de Compostela. Santiago de compostela: USC, page 81. →ISBN.
^ Isidro García Tato (2011) “Historia y mito: Los mitos estelares en el Camino de Santiago”, in AGALI Journal‎^[1] (in Spanish)

Portuguese edit

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Santiago de Compostela

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Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈa.ɡu d͡ʒi kõ.posˈtɛ.lɐ/ [sɐ̃.t͡ʃɪˈa.ɡu d͡ʒi kõ.posˈtɛ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /sɐ̃ˈt͡ʃja.ɡu d͡ʒi kõ.posˈtɛ.lɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈa.ɡu d͡ʒi kõ.poʃˈtɛ.lɐ/ [sɐ̃.t͡ʃɪˈa.ɡu d͡ʒi kõ.poʃˈtɛ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /sɐ̃ˈt͡ʃja.ɡu d͡ʒi kõ.poʃˈtɛ.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈa.ɡo de kõ.posˈtɛ.la/ [sɐ̃.t͡ʃɪˈa.ɡo de kõ.posˈtɛ.la], (faster pronunciation) /sɐ̃ˈt͡ʃja.ɡo de kõ.posˈtɛ.la/