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Compostela.

a city in A Coruña, Galicia

10 characters4 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

name/komposˈtɛla/
  1. a city in A Coruña, Galicia

  2. a village in Abeancos parish, Melide, A Coruña, Galicia

  3. a village in A Mezquita parish, A Mezquita, Ourense, Galicia

  4. a village in Manín parish, Lobios, Ourense, Galicia

Where this word comes from

Attested as Conpostella in 966, from Latin compositella, diminutive of composita (“ordered, arranged”), meaning "the (well) composed little one" vel sim. Cognate with Spanish Compostilla.

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