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
   • 2014 — Wenceslao, Bong, Dalaga Gipabudlot ang Mata sa Engkanto (22 August), SuperBalita

     Suma sa pakighinabi sa Superbalita sa albularyong si Lola Delia, usa ka dalaga nga giilang si Inday midayo sa Barangay San Jose sa lungsod sa Compostela aron magpatambal sa iyang mata.

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

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

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “compostela”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (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