Infanta
/ʔɪnˈfan̪.t̪ɐ/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The daughter of a king in Spain or Portugal.
"It was a dispatch intended specifically to communicate a sense of closure to the Spanish monarchs, to show that England possessed a dynasty fit for an infanta of Spain."
Proper Noun
- 1 A municipality of the province of Quezon, Philippines.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"It was a dispatch intended specifically to communicate a sense of closure to the Spanish monarchs, to show that England possessed a dynasty fit for an infanta of Spain."
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish infanta, Portuguese infanta, feminine of infante.