Pella

Pella is an ancient city located in Central Macedonia, Greece. It is best-known for serving as the capital city of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon, and was the birthplace of Alexander the Great.

The name is probably derived from the word pella, , "stone" which seems to appear in some other toponyms in Greece like Pellene. Julius Pokorny reconstructs the word from the Proto-Indo-European root peli-s, pel-s, Old Indian: pāsāna, stone , Greek: πέλλα, λίθος, stone, Hesychius , Pashto: parša , cliff, Germanic : *falisa, German: Fels, Old Norse: fell , Illyrian: *pella, *palla. Solders in an essay on Hesychius glossary has referenced πέλλα , λίθος as an ancient Macedonian word. With the prefix "α" it forms the word ἀπέλλα, apella, "fence, enclosure of stones". Robert Beekes relates the word πέλλα with the name of the city, but suggests that it probably has pre-Greek origin.

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