Mother Teresa

[tuh-ree-suh, -zuh, -rey-; for 2 also Sp. te-re-sah]

Te·re·sa

[tuh-ree-suh, -zuh, -rey-; for 2 also Sp. te-re-sah]
noun
1.
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu), 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel peace prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
2.
3.
a female given name, form of Theresa.
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Mother Teresa [(tuh-ree-suh, tuh-ray-zuh)]

A Roman Catholic nun, born in Yugoslavia, who received the Nobel Prize for peace in 1979 for her humanitarian work among lepers and other dying poor of Calcutta.

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