Teresa

• Theresa

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.

• IPA^(key): /təˈɹiː.sə/, /təˈɹiː.zə/
• Rhymes: -iːsə, -iːzə

Teresa

1. A female given name, the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa.
   • 1980 Laura Furman: The Glass House, a Novella and Stories. Viking Press 1980. →ISBN page 76:

     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.

   • 1999 Ed McBain, The Big Bad City, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:

     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.

• Diminutives: Terri, Terry, Tess, Tessa, Tessy.

• Tracy

• Easter, aretes, arsete, arêtes, asteer, earset, easter, eaters, ratees, reseat, saeter, seater, staree, teares, teaser

Teresa f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Teresa

Teresa f

1. A female given name

Matronymics

• son of Teresa: Teresuson
• daughter of Teresa: Teresudóttir

• IPA^(key): [teˈʀeːza]

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• Hyphenation: Te‧re‧sa

Teresa f (genitive Teresa)

1. A female given name, variant spelling of Theresa.

Teresa f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Teresa.

• estera
• estrae
• sarete
• serate
• tesare
• teserà

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈrɛ.sa/

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Teresa f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Teresa.

• Teresa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Teresa f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Teresa

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Teresa.

Unknown. Suggestions include Therasia or Thera, ancient name of the Greek island Thira.

• IPA^(key): /teˈɾesa/, [t̪eˈɾesa]

Teresa f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Teresa.

• Tere

• aretes
• estera