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Ella

//ˈɛl.ə// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name. countable, uncountable

    "She was named Ella Lorena, Ella for her grandmother Ellen, and Lorena because it was the most fashionable name of the day for girls […]"

  2. 2
    A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Ellen, Gabriella, or Daniella. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A town in Uva Province, Sri Lanka. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename:; An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky, United States. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename:; An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Oregon, United States. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename:; An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename:; An unincorporated community in the town of Frankfort, Pepin County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable

Etymology

A 19th-century shortening of Eleanor or Ellen, later also used for any name ending in -ella, such as Gabriella or Daniella. Similar abbreviations have been formed independently in many European languages, for any name containing the syllable -el-, e.g. Elisabeth.

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