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Ăbella

gen. Ăbellae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
a town in Campania, near Nolu, abounding in fruit-trees and nuts; Avella; the filbert •
a town in Campania, near Nolu, abounding in fruit-trees and nuts, now Avella, Sil. 8, 545: malifera, Verg. A. 7, 740. —Hence, Abellāna nux or Avellana, also Abellina, the filbert, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88; and Abellani, the inhabitants of Abella, Just. 20, 1.
Perseus ID: n61 Key: Abella