ella

English - English

Definition of ella in English English dictionary

A female given name

She was named Ella Lorena, Ella for her grandmother Ellen, and Lorena because it was the most fashionable name of the day for girls,.

Ella Anderson de Wolfe Fitzgerald Ella Ella Gwendolen Rees William Mildred Ella Didrikson

diminutive of Eleanor or Ellen

{i} female first name (Hebrew)

she

Maybe?Descendant of Algol

Early Learning Liaison Alternate The 12 ELLAs are staff from the Regional Offices

Related Terms

Ella Fitzgerald

(1918-96) African-American Jazz singer famous for her improvisational singing style (known as the "First Lady of Song")

Ella Fitzgerald

a US jazz singer, called 'The First Lady of Jazz' because of her beautiful voice and her skill in scat singing (1918-96). born April 25, 1917, Newport News, Va., U.S. died June 15, 1996, Beverly Hills, Calif. U.S. singer. She won an amateur contest at Harlem's Apollo Theatre in 1934 and became the star of drummer Chick Webb's big band the following year. Her association with manager and impresario Norman Granz in the late 1940s led to performances with Jazz at the Philharmonic and a famous series of "Songbook" recordings, each featuring the work of a single popular-song composer. Fitzgerald was one of the greatest scat singers in jazz; her clear, girlish voice and virtuosity made her one of the best-selling vocal recording artists in history

Hyphenation

El·la

Turkish pronunciation

elı

Pronunciation

/ˈelə/ /ˈɛlə/

Etymology

() 19th century diminutive of Eleanor or Ellen, later also used for any name ending in -ella, such as Gabriella or Daniella. * Similar abbreviations have been formed independently in many European languages, for any name containing the syllable -el-, e.g. Elisabeth.