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inamorata

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in⋅am⋅o⋅ra⋅ta

  [in-am-uh-rah-tuh, in-am-]
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–noun, plural -tas.
a woman who loves or is loved; female sweetheart or lover.
Origin:
1645–55; < It innamorata (fem.); see inamorato
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in·am·o·ra·ta   (ĭn-ām'ə-rä'tə)   
n.   pl. in·am·o·ra·tas
A woman with whom one is in love or has an intimate relationship.

[Italian innamorata, feminine of innamorato, inamorato; see inamorato.]
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inamorata 
"female lover," 1651, from It. innamorata, fem. of innamorato, pp. of innamorare "to fall in love," from in "in" + amore "love."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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