Coele

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Coele (plural Coeles)

1. A surname.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Coele”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 350.
• Forebears

Ellipsis of Coele Syria.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkoe̯.ɫeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.le]

Coelē f sg (genitive Coelēs); first declension

1. short for Coele Syria (“Coele-Syria”)

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

• Cœle in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.