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contessa

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con⋅tes⋅sa

  [kawn-tes-sah; Eng. kuhn-tes-uh] noun, plural -tes⋅se  [-tes-e] , English -tes⋅sas.
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–noun Italian.
countess.
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con·tes·sa   (kən-těs'ə, kōn-těs'sä)   
n.  An Italian countess.

[Italian, feminine of conte, count, from Late Latin comes, comit-; see count2.]
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