Pella

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proper noun

An ancient city, capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia.

OriginLatin Pella ← Ancient Greek Πέλλα ← Proto-Indo-European *pels- →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalAn ancient city, capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia.
  2. A regional unit of Greece in its periphery of Central Macedonia.
  3. A town of Greece in Central Macedonia.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pels-“stone”
  2. Ancient Greekπέλλα
  3. Ancient GreekΠέλλα
  4. LatinPella
  5. EnglishPella

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”)

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APA

Pella. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pella

MLA

“Pella.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pella. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pella,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pella.

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