signorina

[ seen-yaw-ree-nuh; Italian see-nyaw-ree-nah ]

/ ˌsin yɔˈri nə; Italian ˌsi nyɔˈri nɑ /

a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a girl or unmarried woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.

Origin of signorina

1810–20; < Italian; diminutive of signora signora; see -ine¹

signor, signora, signore, signorelli, signoret, signorina, signorino, signory, signpost, signy, sigrdrifa

This is a second-class ticket, signorina,” he observes, “and you are in first class.

‘Stupid Enough to Pay’: Tim Parks’s Italian Rail Adventures |Tim Parks |June 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
You are the signorina's servant, but I know the turnings, said the rat to the cavaliere weazel.'

Vittoria, Complete |George Meredith
You love the Signorina madly, and you hate me because you are jealous of me—because I am young and you are old.

A Spirit in Prison |Robert Hichens
If the signorina requires a new dress we can supply her with one as rich as that she now has.

The Shadow of the Czar |John R. Carling

May I not have the pleasure of talking with you a little, Signorina?

Cecilia |F. Marion Crawford
The signorina had dropped to the grass, at a short step from the Chief, to whom her face was now seriously given.

Vittoria, Complete |George Meredith

signorina

/ (ˌsiːnjɔːˈriːnə, Italian siɲɲoˈrina) /

an unmarried Italian woman: a title of address equivalent to Miss when placed before a name or madam or miss when used alone

Italian, diminutive of signora