STELA

PRONUNCIATION: m. (STEE-luh)

MEANING: noun: An upright stone or pillar inscribed or sculpted, often serving as a monument. Also known as a stele.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek stele (pillar). Ultimately from the Indo-European root stel- (to put or stand), which is also the source of stallion, stilt, install, gestalt, stout, and pedestal, and epistolary. Earliest documented use: 1776.
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STELLA !!! - starlike in Boston (even before Tennessee Williams!)

ST RE, LA - the second note and the sixth note of the scale have been canonized

U.S. TELA - diminutive name of a large American telecommunications, cable, and internet company