Caelia

From Proto-Italic *kailia, which probably also gave the name Celia in Peuceti, of Proto-Indo-European origin but the exact root is unclear; compare caelum (“heaven”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkae̯.li.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.li.a]

Caelia f sg (genitive Caeliae); first declension

1. a town in Apulia, situated between Gnatia and Canusium, now Ceglie del Campo
2. a town in interior Calabria, now Ceglie Messapica

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• “Caelia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Giuliano Gasca Queirazza, Carla Marcato, Giulia Petracco Sicardi, Alda Rossebastiano (1990): Dizionario di toponomastica. I nomi geografici italiani, Torino, UTET.