Associations to the word «Theresa»

Wiktionary

THERESA, proper noun. A female given name , an alteration of Teresa, first used in Spain, supposedly derived from the name of the island of Thera in Greece.

Dictionary definition

THERESA, noun. Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.