Celle

See also: celle

English

English Wikipedia has articles on:

Celle and Celle (district)

Wikipedia Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from German Celle.

Proper noun

Celle

1. A town and rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany.

German

German Wikipedia has articles on:

Celle and Landkreis Celle

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Etymology

From Old Saxon Kiellu (“settlement by the river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛlə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Homophone: Zelle
• Hyphenation: Cel‧le

Proper noun

Celle n (proper noun, genitive Celles or (optionally with an article) Celle)

1. Celle (a town and rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany)

References

• Adolf Bach: Deutsche Namenkunde. Band II: Die deutschen Ortsnamen. Teilband 1: Einleitung. Zur Laut- und Formenlehre, zur Satzfügung, Wortbildung und -bedeutung der deutschen Ortsnamen. Winter, Heidelberg 1953, S. 36.