Compostela
Cebuano
Etymology
Named after the Galician city.
Proper noun
Compostela
- A municipality of Cebu, Philippines
- (history) a former barrio of Danao, Cebu
- 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.[1]
Cognate with Spanish Compostilla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /komposˈtɛla/
Proper noun
Compostela
Related terms
- compostelán
- Santiago de Compostela
References
- “compostela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- Silva, Ermelindo (2003), Historia da cidade de Santiago de Compostela. Santiago de compostela: USC, page 81. →ISBN.
Spanish
Further reading
- “Compostela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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