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語源

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.

発音

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

固有名詞

Teresa

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa.
   • 1980, Laura Furman, The Glass House, a Novella and Stories., Viking Press, →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.

2. A municipality of Rizal, Philippines.

関連する語

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

参考

• Tracy

アナグラム

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