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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)

  1. Teresa, Mother (born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910-97; Rom. Catholic missionary in India, born in Skopje, Albania (now in the country Macedonia)
  2. Teresa, Saint (1515-82); Sp. Carmelite nun: her day is Oct. 12
    called Teresa of Ávila Teresa of Ávi·la (ä′vē lä′)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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