Abella

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əˈbə.ʎə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əˈbɛ.ʎə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈbe.ʎa/

Abella

1. a surname

Abella

1. a surname from Catalan

From Oscan *Abella, attested in 𐌀𐌁𐌄𐌋𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌔 (abellans), of obscure and disputed origin. See there for more.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈbel.la/, [äˈbɛlːʲä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbel.la/, [äˈbɛlːä]

Abella f sg (genitive Abellae); first declension

1. A city in interior Campania, situated near Nola

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Abellānus
• abellāna

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈbel.laː/, [äˈbɛlːʲäː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbel.la/, [äˈbɛlːä]

Abellā f

1. ablative of Abella

• “Abella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Abella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “Abella”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

From Catalan.

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbelja/, [ʔɐˈbel.jɐ]

Abella

1. a surname from Catalan

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Abella is the 97th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 57,614 individuals.