Compostela

English

Alternative forms

• compostela

Etymology

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.

Proper noun

Compostela

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

Cebuano

Etymology

Named after the Galician city.

Proper noun

Compostela

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

Quotations

For quotations using 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.

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 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

Related terms

• compostelán
• Santiago de Compostela

References

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

Spanish

Proper noun

Compostela m

1. Santiago de Compostela

Further reading

• “Compostela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28