contessa

[ kawn-tes-sah; English kuhn-tes-uh ]
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noun,plural con·tes·se [kawn-tes-se], /kɔnˈtɛs sɛ/, English con·tes·sas.Italian.

Origin of contessa

1
First recorded in 1815–20;

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