Compostela

From Spanish Compostela, from Galician Compostela, from Latin compositella (“the little well-organized one”), from composita (“put together, arranged”) + -ella (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from compōnere (“to put together”), from con- (“with, together”) + pōnere (“to put, to place”), q.v.

Compostela

1. Synonym of Santiago de Compostela, a city in Galicia, Spain, a major Christian pilgrimage site.

Named after the Galician city.

Compostela

1. A municipality of Cebu, Philippines
2. (history) a former barrio of Danao, Cebu
3. a municipality of Compostela Valley

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Compostela.

Attested as Conpostella in 966, from Latin compositella, diminutive of composita (“ordered, arranged”), meaning "the (well) composed little one" vel sim.[1]

Cognate with Spanish Compostilla.

• IPA^(key): /komposˈtɛla/

Compostela

1. A city in A Coruña, Galicia

   Synonyms: Santiago, Santiago de Compostela

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

• compostelán
• Santiago de Compostela

• “compostela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Compostela m

1. Santiago de Compostela

• “Compostela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014