podesta
po·de·sta
noun \ˌpō-də-ˈstä\Definition of PODESTA
: a chief magistrate in a medieval Italian municipality
Origin of PODESTA
Italian podestà, literally, power, from Latin potestat-, potestas, irregular from potis able — more at potent
First Known Use: 1548
Rhymes with PODESTA
abaca, Abdullah, Adana, agora, ahimsa, aloha, Antalya, assignat, Astana, Aymara, baccarat, baklava, Bogotá, brouhaha, cervelat, coup d'état, Cumaná, Delacroix, entrechat, feria, guarana, haftarah, haniwa, Heredia, inshallah, Kashiwa, koruna, Kostroma, la-di-da, ma-and-pa, Machida, Malinois, Mardi Gras, Masséna, Modena, moussaka, Oshawa, pakeha, panama, Panama, Paraná, parashah, pas de trois, persona, pietà, polenta, polynya, port de bras, reseda, rufiyaa, Shangri-la, tempura, ulema, usquebaugh
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