English Explanatory Dictionary

Compostela

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Ellipsis of Santiago de Compostela: a city in Galicia, Spain, a major Christian pilgrimage site.
noun
  1. A certificate of accomplishment given to pilgrims on completing an official route on the pilgramage to Camino de Santiago.

Word forms

Compostela compostelas

Etymology

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.

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