Capella

From Latin capella (“she-goat; kid”).

Capella

1. (astronomy) A bright double star in the constellation Auriga; Alpha (α) Aurigae.

Borrowed from Catalan Capella.

Capella (plural Capellas)

1. A surname from Catalan.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Capella is the 25793^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 955 individuals. Capella is most common among White (66.49%) and Hispanic/Latino (30.47%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Capella”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 283.

• Capella Island

• LaPlace, pallace, Pacella, Laplace

From Latin capella (“she-goat”).

Capella f

1. Capella

• Cap., Capel. (abbreviations)

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaˈpɛl.la]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈpɛl.la]
• Homophone: capella

Capella m sg (genitive Capellae); first declension

1. A masculine cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Martianus Minneus Felix Capella (fl. c. AD 410–420), a Latin prose writer of Late Antiquity

First-declension noun, singular only.

• Capelliānus

• “Căpella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Capella, Martiaʹnus Mineus Felix”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• 2 Căpella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “257/1”

• Martianus Minneus Felix Capella on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la