Pella

Meaning

Proper Noun

• An ancient city, capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia.
• A regional unit of Greece in its periphery of Central Macedonia.
• A town of Greece in Central Macedonia.

Origin

• From Latin Pella from Ancient Greek Πέλλα, from Ancient Greek πέλλα (presumably from an earlier *πέλσα) from Proto-Indo-European *pels- ("stone"). Cognates include Irish aill ("boulder, cliff"), Pashto پرښه ("rock, rocky ledge"), Sanskrit पाषाण / पाषी, Proto-Germanic *falisaz, English fell, Old Norse fell / fjall, German Fels