Pella

name

name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An ancient city, capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia. historical
  2. 2
    A regional unit of Greece in its periphery of Central Macedonia.
  3. 3
    A town of Greece in Central Macedonia.

Example

More examples

"He sold some asses at the market to a merchant from Pella."

Etymology

From Latin Pella from Ancient Greek Πέλλα (Pélla), from Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla) (presumably from an earlier *πέλσα) from Proto-Indo-European *pels- (“stone”). Cognates include Irish aill (“boulder, cliff”), Pashto پرښه (parša, “rock, rocky ledge”), Sanskrit पाषाण m (pāṣāṇa) / पाषी f (pāṣī, “stone”), Proto-Germanic *falisaz, English fell (“rocky ridge”), Old Norse fell / fjall (“mountain”), German Fels (“rock, cliff”)

Related phrases

central macedonia

More for "pella"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.