Valella

See also: valella

Galician

Alternative forms

• Valelha (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vallecla, from Late Latin vallicula (“little valley”), from Latin vallis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈleʎa̝/

Proper noun

Valella f

1. A village in Barbos parish, Ortigueira, A Coruña, Galicia
2. a toponimical surname

References

• “Valella” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
• “Valella” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• Heinz Jürgen Wolf (2007) “Le type *PALATIOLUM et autres diminutifs en toponymie”, in Nouvelle revue d'onomastique‎, volumes 47-48, →ISSN, pages 229-243.