noun, feminine/donˈθeʝa/plural: doncellas
maid, maiden, damsel (girl or an unmarried young woman); abigail, lady's maid (female servant employed by an upper-class woman to attend to her personal needs); Mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis)
From a Vulgar Latin *domnicella (compare Old Occitan donçela, Portuguese donzela, French demoiselle), based on Latin domina (“lady, mistress”). Doublet of damisela.