Ella
//ˈɛl.ə// name
name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 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 A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Ellen, Gabriella, or Daniella. countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename:; A town in Uva Province, Sri Lanka. countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename:; An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky, United States. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename:; An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Oregon, United States. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename:; An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename:; An unincorporated community in the town of Frankfort, Pepin County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"They played quite a few Ella Fitzgerald songs."
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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