A.v.l. Βελίαι), Ptol.Geog.3.1.8; “Οὐέλια” D.H.1.20, who says this form is an old dialect word (ϝέλια) for ἑλώδη = marshy places; but ἕλος prob. had no. ϝ. (The coins have υελητων, υελητεων, and ϝελη(των), B Mus.Cat.Coins Italypp.304,305, 306; the Oscan name Velia was prob. adapted as *Υ̓ελέη (hence Υ̓ελῆ is more prob. than Υ̓έλη) and Ἐλέα.)
Ὑέλη , ἡ, Velia in Lower Italy, Hdt.1.167, Str.6.1.1: also called Οὐέλιαι (