"contea" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /konˈtɛ.a/ Forms: contee [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛa Etymology: Borrowed from Old French conté, from Latin comitātus. Doublet of contado. The modern sense of an administrative division is a semantic loan from English county. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|fro|conté}} Borrowed from Old French conté, {{der|it|la|comitātus}} Latin comitātus, {{doublet|it|contado}} Doublet of contado, {{sl|it|en|county|nocap=1}} semantic loan from English county Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} contea f (plural contee)
  1. (historical) county (territory of a count or countess) Tags: feminine, historical Synonyms: contado
    Sense id: en-contea-it-noun-QU0vZQ17 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 55 37 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 36 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 35 6
  2. earldom Tags: feminine Synonyms: contado
    Sense id: en-contea-it-noun-OXPyL~0x
  3. county (administrative region) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-contea-it-noun-ShFvlbvj

Inflected forms

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        "1": "it",
        "2": "fro",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "comitātus"
      },
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "sl"
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  "hyphenation": [
    "con‧tè‧a"
  ],
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        "con‧tè‧a"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "contado"
        }
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      "ipa": "/konˈtɛ.a/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "contea"
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    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian semantic loans from English",
    "Italian terms borrowed from Old French",
    "Italian terms derived from English",
    "Italian terms derived from Latin",
    "Italian terms derived from Old French",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Pages with entries",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin comitātus",
      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
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      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of contado",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "it",
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      },
      "expansion": "semantic loan from English county",
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  "forms": [
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        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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    {
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        "con‧tè‧a"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Italian terms with historical senses"
      ],
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        "county (territory of a count or countess)"
      ],
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        "(historical) county (territory of a count or countess)"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "contado"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      ],
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      ],
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          "word": "contado"
        }
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        "county (administrative region)"
      ],
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        [
          "county",
          "county"
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      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/konˈtɛ.a/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "contea"
}

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