Gela
[ˈdʒɛlə]Meaning
Georgian, from mgeli "wolf"; also the Ancient Greek name of a Sicilian city.
Background Story
A user-submitted entry records Gela as a given name, and the surname Gelashvili is a descendant form. The name is derived from Georgian მგელი (mgeli), meaning "wolf". Gela is also the Ancient Greek name of a city on the southern coast of Sicily, and the Italian and Latin forms of that name come from the Greek.
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