contea

Italian

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Hyphenation: con‧tè‧a

Noun

contea f (plural contee)

1. (historical) county (territory of a count or countess)

   Synonym: contado

2. earldom

   Synonym: contado

3. county (administrative region)

Further reading

• contea in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Catone, anteco, catone, cenato, cetano