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capela.

chapel (small Christian place of worship)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/kaˈpɛla/[kɑˈpɛ.lɐ]
  1. chapel (small Christian place of worship)

    feminine
  2. fleece of a sheep

    feminine
  3. layer

    feminine
  4. eyelid

    feminine
  5. cap which covers the tip of a traditional palleiro ("haystack")

    feminine
  6. hood

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese capela, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of cappa (“cloak, cape”). Cognate with Portuguese capela, Spanish capilla, Catalan capella, Occitan capèla, French chapelle, Italian cappella and Romanian capelă.

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