Pella

From Latin Pella from Ancient Greek Πέλλα (Pélla), from Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla) (presumably from an earlier *πέλσα) from Proto-Indo-European *pels- (“stone”). Cognates include Irish aill (“boulder, cliff”), Pashto پرښه‎ (parša, “rock, rocky ledge”)[1], Sanskrit पाषाण m (pāṣāṇa) / पाषी f (pāṣī, “stone”)[2], Proto-Germanic *falisaz, English fell (“rocky ridge”), Old Norse fell / fjall (“mountain”), German Fels (“rock, cliff”)[3]

Pella

1. (historical) An ancient city, capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia.
2. A regional unit of Greece in its periphery of Central Macedonia.
3. A town of Greece in Central Macedonia.

• lapel, lepal

• Pellē

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέλλα (Pélla).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpel.la/, [ˈpɛl.la]

Pella f (genitive Pellae); first declension

1. Pella

First declension.

• Pellaeus

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