Larissa

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English

Alternative forms

  • Larisa (the city; the female name)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λάρισσα (Lárissa).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Larissa

  1. A city in north-central Greece, the capital of Thessaly.
    • 1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731:
      Larissa, 107 miles from Salonica, is reached at 10.33, and there is a halt of 17 min. while vendors of oranges, cheese, meat on skewers, sweetmeats, and Turkish coffee do a brisk trade.
  2. A regional unit of Thessaly, of which the city of Larissa is capital also.
  3. (historical) Any of several historical Greek towns, of ancient Greece or neighbouring areas.
  4. A city in western Asia Minor, close to the ancient Greek city of Smyrna and to present-day Menemen, Turkey.
  5. (Greek mythology) A nymph with a local cult near the city of Larissa, Thessaly.
  6. A female given name from Ancient Greek (after the mythological character and a 4th century Greek Orthodox martyr).
  7. (astronomy) A moon of Neptune.
  • (female given name): Lara

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Finnish

Proper noun

Larissa

  1. inessive singular of Lari

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Larissa in the 20th century.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Larissa

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Larissa

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Лари́са (Larísa) in the 20th century.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Larissa

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Larissa

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λάρισσα (Lárissa).

Proper noun

Larissa f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Larissa
  2. Larissa (a city, the regional capital of Thessaly, Greece)

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λάρισσα (Lárissa).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lārissa f sg (genitive Lārissae); first declension

  1. Larissa

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

References

  • Larissa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Larissa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Larissa f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Larissa
  2. Larissa (a city, the regional capital of Thessaly, Greece)

Derived terms

Turkish

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Proper noun

Larissa

  1. (astronomy) Larissa