"Pella" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Latin Pella from Ancient Greek Πέλλα (Pélla), from Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla) (presumably from an earlier *πέλσα) from Proto-Indo-European *pels- (“stone”). Cognates include Irish aill (“boulder, cliff”), Pashto پرښه (parša, “rock, rocky ledge”), Sanskrit पाषाण m (pāṣāṇa) / पाषी f (pāṣī, “stone”), Proto-Germanic *falisaz, English fell (“rocky ridge”), Old Norse fell / fjall (“mountain”), German Fels (“rock, cliff”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|Pella}} Latin Pella, {{der|en|grc|Πέλλα}} Ancient Greek Πέλλα (Pélla), {{der|en|grc|πέλλα}} Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla), {{der|en|ine-pro|*pels-||stone}} Proto-Indo-European *pels- (“stone”), {{cog|ga|aill||boulder, cliff}} Irish aill (“boulder, cliff”), {{cog|ps|پرښه||rock, rocky ledge|tr=parša}} Pashto پرښه (parša, “rock, rocky ledge”), {{cog|sa|पाषाण|g=m}} Sanskrit पाषाण m (pāṣāṇa), {{m|sa|पाषी||stone|g=f}} पाषी f (pāṣī, “stone”), {{cog|gem-pro|*falisaz}} Proto-Germanic *falisaz, {{m|en|fell||rocky ridge}} fell (“rocky ridge”), {{cog|non|fell}} Old Norse fell, {{m|non|fjall||mountain}} fjall (“mountain”), {{m|de|Fels||rock, cliff}} Fels (“rock, cliff”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Pella
  1. (historical) An ancient city, capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Pella-en-name-nbqGNoq8
  2. A regional unit of Greece in its periphery of Central Macedonia. Categories (place): Regional units of Greece
    Sense id: en-Pella-en-name-4R5Yga4I Disambiguation of Regional units of Greece: 6 47 47
  3. A town of Greece in Central Macedonia. Categories (place): Regional units of Greece, Towns in Greece
    Sense id: en-Pella-en-name-BgAWcOcO Disambiguation of Regional units of Greece: 6 47 47 Disambiguation of Towns in Greece: 8 41 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 38 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 41 52

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