Compostela
Ellipsis of Santiago de Compostela: a city in Galicia, Spain, a major Christian pilgrimage site.
Proper noun
- Ellipsis of Santiago de Compostela: a city in Galicia, Spain, a major Christian pilgrimage site.
Origin
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.