Compostela

• compostela

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.

Compostela

1. Ellipsis of Santiago de Compostela: a city in Galicia, Spain, a major Christian pilgrimage site.

Named after the Galician city.

Compostela

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Compostela.

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.

• IPA^(key): /komposˈtɛla/

Compostela ?

1. a city in A Coruña, Galicia

   Synonyms: Santiago, Santiago de Compostela

2. a village in Abeancos parish, Melide, A Coruña, Galicia
3. a village in A Mezquita parish, A Mezquita, Ourense, Galicia
4. a village in Manín parish, Lobios, Ourense, Galicia

• compostelán
• Santiago de Compostela

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “compostela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• IPA^(key): /komposˈtela/ [kõm.posˈt̪e.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: Com‧pos‧te‧la

Compostela m

1. Santiago de Compostela

• “Compostela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024