Στέλλα

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Στυλιανή (Stulianḗ). The association with Italian stella (“star”) is folk etymology but has influenced the spelling to use two L's instead of one.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstela/
Hyphenation: Στέ‧λλα

Proper noun

Στέλλα • (Stélla) f

Informal form of Στυλιανή (Stylianí).

Declension

Declension of Στέλλα (Stélla)

	singular
nominative	Στέλλα •
genitive	Στέλλας •
accusative	Στέλλα •
vocative	Στέλλα •

Related terms

(male form) Στυλιανός m (Stylianós), Στέλιος m (Stélios)

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