Melissa

melissa Mélissa Translingual thumb|Melissa officinalis Etymology mul grc μέλισσα honey bee (compare en Melissa), which in turn comes from grc μέλι honey. Proper noun 1 f genus family Lamiaceae lemon balm Hypernyms genus ; Nepetoideae subfamily subfamily; Mentheae tribe tribe; Salvinae subtribe subtribe Hyponyms genus Melissa officinalis species type species; Melissa axillaris species, Melissa flava species, Melissa yunnanensis species other species References Melissa (plant) 1 Melissa (Lamiaceae) MELIS English Etymology From en grc μέλισσα bee, honey, or honeybee. In Ireland it is sometimes used as a feminine form of the Gaelic male name ga Maol Íosa servant of Jesus. Pronunciation en /məˈlɪsə/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Melissa.wav Southern England en ɪsə 3 Proper noun en Greek god Bee-nymph in Greek mythology. en female Ancient Greek in the latter half of the 20th century. 6 XII And her owne handmayd, that Melissa hight / Appointed to attend her dewly day and night Miss Melissa Wackles was the eldest daughter, Miss Sophy the next, and Miss Jane the youngest. en 1959 Nicholas Blake The Widow's Cruise 9 - - - by Mrs. Melissa Blaydon and Miss Ianthe Ambrose."Well, they may be sisters," said Nigel. "Those elegant, classical Christian names suggest one father. en GENIUS CHARACTER REVEALS: Mark Watney Industrial Scripts https://industrialscripts.com/mark-watney-martian/ 2016-08-31 The first line of dialogue is from an off-screen Field Commander Melissa Lewis (Jessica Chastain), asking the team to stay in sight and “make NASA proud”. https://web.archive.org/web/20260409191728/https://industrialscripts.com/mark-watney-martian/ 9 April 2026 Derived terms en Melinda Translations female given name Albanian: sq Meljisa f Cherokee: chr ᎺᎵᏌ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 梅麗莎 Mandarin: cmn 梅利莎 Méilìshā Danish: da Melissa Finnish: fi Melissa French: fr Mélissa German: de Melissa Greek: el Μέλισσα f Irish: ga Maolíosa Italian: it Melissa Japanese: ja メリッサ Merissa Korean: ko ^멜리사 Latin: la Melissa f Persian: fa ملیسا melisâ Portuguese: pt Melissa f Russian: ru Мелисса f Serbo-Croatian: sh Мелиса f, sh Melisa f Swedish: sv Melissa c Thai: th เมลิสสา Melis̄s̄ā Turkish: tr Melisa See also Melitta (< grc μέλιττα) Anagrams en aeilmss aimless Milases Salemis misseal mesails Esmails Maisels seismal samiels Danish Proper noun da proper noun da female Melissa Finnish Etymology From fi grc μέλισσα. Pronunciation Proper noun fi female Declension Meliss a Statistics dvv_20250813 1509 1122 314 German Etymology From de grc μέλισσα bee. Pronunciation de /meˈlɪsa/ de De-Melissa.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Me lis sa Proper noun de proper noun de female Melissa Italian Pronunciation ^ì Proper noun f it female Melissa Anagrams it aeilmss limasse messali Latin Etymology la grc Μέλῐσσᾰ, from grc μέλῐσσᾰ bee. Pronunciation Proper noun Melissa<1> Melissus la female Ancient Greek Melissa la Greek god a bee-nymph in Greek mythology a daughter of the Cretan king Melissus Declension Melissa<1> Further reading Mĕlissa Mĕlissa Portuguese Etymology pt la Melissa, from pt grc Μέλισσα, from grc μέλισσα bee. Pronunciation pt Me lis sa pt isɐ isa Southern Brazil 3 Proper noun f + pt female Ancient Greek Melissa pt Greek mythology en Melissa nymph who discovered and taught the use of honey Swedish Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Melissa.wav Proper noun c sv female Melissa