Teresa
Teresa1 definition
Te·resa (tə rē′sə, -zə)
noun
a feminine name
Teresa2 definition
Te·resa (for 1 tə rā′sə; for 2 tə rē′sə or Sp te re′sä)
- Teresa, Mother (born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910-97; Rom. Catholic missionary in India, born in Skopje, Albania (now in the country Macedonia)
- Teresa, Saint (1515-82); Sp. Carmelite nun: her day is Oct. 12called Teresa of Ávila Teresa of Ávi·la (ä′vē lä′)
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Comments
Improve this definition.
Share on Facebook