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teresa

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
6
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/təˈɹiː.sə/
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/təˈɹiː.sə/ · /təˈɹiː.zə/

Definition of teresa

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa.
    “My friends call me Terry. My husband always used my full name, Teresa. He said it made him feel like he was married to a foreign woman.”
    “Cynthia and Melinda, reduced to Cindy and Mindy, as Carella had dreaded would happen from the moment she named them. Her older daughter had fared better. Tess, modern and sleek for Teresa, which conjured up cobblestoned streets in a mountain village in Potenza.”
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name

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa.
    “My friends call me Terry. My husband always used my full name, Teresa. He said it made him feel like he was married to a foreign woman.”
    “Cynthia and Melinda, reduced to Cindy and Mindy, as Carella had dreaded would happen from the moment she named them. Her older daughter had fared better. Tess, modern and sleek for Teresa, which conjured up cobblestoned streets in a mountain village in Potenza.”
  2. A municipality of Rizal, Philippines.

noun

  1. (obsolete)A type of light lady's kerchief in the late eighteenth century.
    “A black teresa, thrown round her shoulders, set off the dazzling whiteness of a neck, rounded by the hands of the graces.”

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Etymology

First recorded as the name of a fourth-century Spanish saint. Of obscure origin; suggestions include Therasia or Thera, ancient name of the Greek island Thira.

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