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Lisa
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Appendix:Variations of "lisa"
English
Etymology
Diminutive of Elisabeth in several European languages. The computer is named after Lisa Brennan-Jobs, officially explained as an acronym for “Locally Integrated Software Architecture”.
Pronunciation
lēʹsə lēʹzə līʹzə RP, en /ˈliːsə/ /ˈliːzə/ /ˈlaɪzə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lisa.wav Southern England
lēʹsə lēʹzə līʹzə GA, en /ˈlisə/ /ˈlizə/ /ˈlaɪzə/
en iːsə iːzə aɪzə 2 2
en LISA Liza liza
Proper noun
s
en female Hebrew.
en You were born in the '70s? Were you named after Lisa on As the World Turns?
en 1868 William Meynell Whittmore Sunshine 138 Elizabeth coloured. "Oh, I don't want the doll called after me, if that is what you mean," she said, rather disdainfully."Nonsense, Lisa!" laughed her father, "you ought to consider yourself highly honoured to have such a handsome lady as this for your namesake."
en 1997 w:Penelope Lively Moon Tiger Grove Press 0802135331 Lisa is a better name. Claudia bangs, like the gong in the hall at Sotleigh. Bang - whoom! Lisa makes a nice silky noise, like streams or rain.
en 2007 w:Elinor Lipman My Latest Grievance 0618872353 16 Did I want to be burdened with a common name? Be the third Lisa and fourth Susan in my classroom? Darleen or Doreen or Maureen?I did.
Usage notes
Taken to general use as a full English given name in early 20th century. Very popular in the U.S. in the 1960s, and in the U.K. a decade later.
Derived terms
en Lisa Simpson
Translations
female given name
Arabic: ar لِيزَا f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 麗莎 Lìshā
French: fr Lise f
German: de Lisa f, de Liese f
Greek: el Λίζα f
Japanese: ja リサ Risa
Korean: ko ^리사
Russian: ru Ли́за f
Sicilian: scn Lisa f
Noun
en computing historical en w:Apple Lisa.
en 6 30 Peggy Watt Democrats Computerize Politics w:InfoWorld 1984-07-23 24 https://books.google.com/books?id=eC4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA43&dq=Silicone%20Valley&hl=&pg=PA24#v=onepage&q=Silicone%20Valley&f=false Both Macs and Lisas, along with Imagewriter printers, are part of the convention network organized by Sytek of Mountain View, California.
en slang An idealised girlfriend.
Further reading
2 1216
Anagrams
en ails SAIL Lasi Alis Lias lias sial Isla sail Lais ails SiAl LIAs lais Ilsa
en eponyms
en Apple Inc.
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb Felisa. Also from ceb en Liza, en Lisa, diminutives of en Elizabeth.
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb female English
ceb 2013 Bering, Jona Branzuela Tubod “Tingali!” segun pa ni Lisa dayong humol sa iyang mga labhonon sa tubig samtang si Gina ug Mina ming-atubang pagbalik sa labhonon. Padayon nga nagkusukuso si Rose.
2018 — Del Rosario, Jefferson, Color Game (05 September), Bisaya, Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation
ceb Nagpadayon ang buynas ni Lisa. Mitingog ang iyang selpon, apan wala ni niya panumbalinga. Pagkakita niya, teks ra man diay sa iyang kamagwangang anak nga si Jonel. Mimiskol na pod ni, apan kay nalingaw siya sa perya, wala ni niya matubag.
Danish
Etymology
da
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female derived from Elisabeth
Dutch
Etymology
Shortening of nl Elisabeth.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈli.zaː/
nl Nl-Lisa.ogg
nl Li sa
Proper noun
f
nl female
Related terms
nl Elisabeth
nl Lies
nl Liesbeth
Faroese
Etymology
fo
Proper noun
fo proper noun
fo female
Usage notes
f Lisuson Lisudóttir
Declension
Lisa Lisu Lisu Lisu
French
Etymology
fr :clipping Élisabeth
fr Élisabeth.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
fr female Élisabeth
Anagrams
fr ails, fr lias, fr sali, fr sila
German
Etymology
de
Pronunciation
de /ˈliːza/
de De-Lisa.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female de:Elisabeth
Italian
Etymology
it
Pronunciation
Lì[s]a
Proper noun
f
it female, diminutive of it Elisabetta
Anagrams
it ails Sila alsi sali salì
Lun Bawang
Proper noun
lnd proper noun
lnd male
References
210
Norman
Etymology
nrf
Proper noun
nrf proper noun f
nrf female Lisabé
nrf female
Derived terms
nrf Lison
Norwegian Bokmål
no:Lisa
Alternative forms
nb Lise
Etymology
nb nds Lisa female given name, a short form of nds Elisabet female given name, ultimately from nb la Elisabeth, from nb grc Ἐλισάβετ Elisábet, from nb hbo אֱלִישֶׁבַע ʾĔlîšéḇaʿ my God is an oath.
Compare da Lisa, sv Lisa, de Lisa and en Lisa.
Pronunciation
nb /ˈliː.sa/
nb iːsa 2
nb Li sa
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female Low German < Latin < Ancient Greek < Biblical Hebrew Lisa, a short form of nb Elisabet Elizabeth
Usage notes
The Norwegian name day for nb Lisa is 2 September, shared with nb Lise and nb Liss.“Lisa – kvinnenamn”, Store norske leksikon.
nb Lisa was most popular among Norwegian children born in the period 1990–1994.
Statistics
According to data from Statistics Norway reported by Store norske leksikon, 5,450 women in Norway had nb Lisa as their sole or first given name in 2022.
References
Kristoffer Kruken and Ola Stemshaug (1995), Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget.
Polish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
pl proper noun form
pl Lis gen//acc s
Romanian
Etymology
From ro lisa, definite form of ro lisă uncultivated field.
Pronunciation
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Lisa.wav
Proper noun
f
ro commune county/Brașov c/Romania
ro village commune/Lisa county/Brașov c/Romania
ro village commune/Schitu county/Olt c/Romania
ro commune county/Teleorman c/Romania
ro village commune/Lisa county/Teleorman c/Romania
Sicilian
Alternative forms
scn Licia palatalized
scn Luvisa Luvicia dieretic variants
scn Luiggia Italianism
Etymology
From scn la-med Ludovīcus L(udov)īs(i)a, feminine variant of from scn la Ludovīcus.
Pronunciation
scn /ˈli.sa/ [ˈli.sa]
scn Li sa
Proper noun
scn proper noun
scn female historical Latin Louise
Coordinate terms
masculinine variant scn Lisi
Descendants
it Zia Lisa toponym
Swedish
Etymology
Short form of sv Elisabet. First recorded in Sweden in 1558.
Pronunciation
sv /²liːsa/
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Lisa.wav
sv ²iːsa 2
sv leasa
Proper noun
c
sv female
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 31 611 females with the given name Lisa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 1910s and the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Yoruba
Alternative forms
yo Olísà Ìjẹ̀bú
yo Rísà Ìjẹ̀ṣà, Ìjẹ̀bú
yo Ọísà, yo Ọị́sà Èkìtì
yo Orísà
yo Eísà
Etymology
Probably from or cognate with yo bin Olisa, bin Olíhà
Pronunciation
lísà
Proper noun
Lísà
a traditional chieftaincy title, usually held by the highest-ranking chief in a town, second-in-command to the king.
Usage notes
In the Èkìtì dialect of Yoruba, "Lísà" (or the Èkìtì equivalent, yo Ọị́sà/yo Ọísà, serves as a common noun meaning "high chief," (this may in fact be the original meaning borrowed from the Edo language), but that meaning is only used in compounds of other chieftaincy titles, such as yo Sàpetu, which is a contraction of "Lísà Ìpetu," literally "high chief of Ìpetu."
Derived terms
yo Ológun-Sinkin
yo Sàpetu
yo Sàlórò
yo Sàlọ́tùn
yo Sàrúkù
yo Sàò
yo Sàjọwá
yo Sàjùkú
Related terms
yo Èyé Lísà female equivalent of Lísà title
yo Rísàpetu
yo Ọị́sịkịn, yo Ológun-Rísinkin
yo Eísàbá