Meaning of Teresa | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A type of light lady's kerchief in the late eighteenth century.
   obsolete
2. A female given name from Ancient Greek, the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa.
3. A municipality of Rizal, Philippines.

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Examples

“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.”

“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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