Ella
[ el-uh ]
/ ˈɛl ə /
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noun
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”
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-ella
a suffix used as a formative in taxonomic names, especially genus names of bacteria: chorella; pasteurella; salmonella.
Origin of -ella
<New Latin, Latin, feminine of -ellus;see -elle
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