contesse

con·tes·sa

[kawn-tes-sah; English kuhn-tes-uh] noun, plural con·tes·se [-tes-e] . English, con·tes·sas.
noun Italian.
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contessa
1819, from It. contessa, from M.L. cometissa (see countess).
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