Compostela

Cebuano

Etymology

Named after the Galician city.

Proper noun

Compostela

  1. a municipality of Cebu, Philippines
  2. (historical) a former barrio of Danao, Cebu
  3. a municipality of Compostela Valley

Quotations

For quotations of use of 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

  1. A city in A Coruña, Galicia.
    Synonyms: Santiago, Santiago de Compostela
  2. A village in Abeancos, Melide, A Coruña, Galicia.
  3. A village in A Mezquita, A Mezquita, Ourense, Galicia.
  4. A village in Manín, Lobios, Ourense, Galicia.

References
  • “compostela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  1. Silva, Ermelindo (2003), Historia da cidade de Santiago de Compostela. Santiago de compostela: USC, page 81. →ISBN.
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