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John Vella (born 1950), American football player; Joseph Vella (1942–2018), Maltese composer; Karmenu Vella (born 1950), Maltese politician; Leandro Vella (born 1996), Argentine footballer; Lolly Vella (1933–2012), Australian soccer player; Luciano Vella (born 1981), Argentine footballer; Margot Vella (born 1999), Australian dual-code rugby ...
Andorra la Vella is the country's commercial centre. In the country as a whole, 80% of the GDP is derived from the 10 million tourists who visit annually. [ 12 ] The city is also the centre for the many banks and businesses that thrive from its tax haven status.
The origin of the word Andorra is unknown, although several hypotheses have been proposed. The oldest is one put forward by the Greek historian Polybius (Histories III, 35, 1), who describes the Andosins, an Iberian Pre-Roman tribe, as historically located in the valleys of Andorra and facing the Carthaginian army in its passage through the Pyrenees during the Punic Wars.
Vella is a village and a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. The municipalities of Cumbel , Degen , Lumbrein , Morissen , Suraua , Vignogn , Vella, and Vrin merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Lumnezia .
Venezuela, [c] officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, [d] is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.
Vella is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae, under which there are no fewer than six species. [2] Species are many branched, and have hairy, sessile, entire leaves that are narrower in width at their bases, widening out to form ovals. Fruits are stiff follicles. [3] Vella is endemic to that area of land encompassing Algeria, Morocco ...
The island of Vella Lavella is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. To the north is the island of Choiseul, to the northwest is the island of Shortland, and to the southeast is the island of New Georgia. Vella Lavella is a volcanic island, surrounded in some places by a coral reef. The island contains volcanic cones and one thermal spring.
Sri Lankan Vellalar (Tamil: இலங்கை வெள்ளாளர், lit. 'Ilaṅkai veḷḷāḷar') is a caste in Sri Lanka, predominantly found in the Jaffna peninsula and adjacent Vanni region, who comprise about half of the Sri Lankan Tamil population.