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Translingual
Wikispecies
Etymology
Uncertain. Believed to be from Icelandic rita
Proper noun
Rissa f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Laridae – the kittiwakes.
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
Finnish
Etymology
Variant of Rissanen.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rissa
- a Finnish surname
Declension
Statistics
- Rissa is the 5669th (tied with 42 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 123 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Rissa
- A former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, merged with Leksvik in Nord-Trøndelag to form Indre Fosen municipality in Trøndelag county on 1 Jan 2018; the two counties were merged on the same day.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Rissa
- A former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, merged with Leksvik in Nord-Trøndelag to form Indre Fosen municipality in Trøndelag county on 1 Jan 2018; the two counties were merged on the same day.