PODESTA


Meaning of PODESTA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpō-də-ˈstä ]

noun

Etymology: Italian podestà, literally, power, from Latin potestat-, potestas, irregular from potis able — more at potent

Date: 1548

: a chief magistrate in a medieval Italian municipality

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