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Pella

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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.

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”)

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