Στέλλα

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Στυλιανή (Stulianḗ). The association with Italian stella (“star”) is folk etymology but has influenced the spelling to use two L's instead of one.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈstela/
  • Hyphenation: Στέ‧λλα

Proper noun

Στέλλα • (Stélla) f

  1. Informal form of Στυλιανή (Stylianí).

Declension
  Στέλλα
case     \     number singular
nominative Στέλλα •
genitive Στέλλας •
accusative Στέλλα •
vocative Στέλλα •
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