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Lisa

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See also: 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

Proper noun

Lisa (plural Lisas)

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
    You were born in the '70s? Were you named after Lisa on As the World Turns?
    • 1868, William Meynell Whittmore, editor, Sunshine, page 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."
    • 1997, Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger, Grove Press, →ISBN:
      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.
    • 2007, Elinor Lipman, My Latest Grievance, →ISBN, page 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.

Translations

Noun

Lisa (plural Lisas)

  1. (computing, historical) Ellipsis of Apple Lisa.
    • 1984 July 23, Peggy Watt, “Democrats Computerize Politics”, in InfoWorld, volume 6, number 30, page 24:
      Both Macs and Lisas, along with Imagewriter printers, are part of the convention network organized by Sytek of Mountain View, California.
  2. (slang) An idealised girlfriend.

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Anagrams

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Cebuano

Etymology

Clipping of Felisa. Also from English Liza, Lisa, diminutives of Elizabeth.

Proper noun

Lisa

  1. a female given name from English
    • 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2018 — Del Rosario, Jefferson, Color Game (05 September), Bisaya, Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation
      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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Danish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Lisa

  1. a female given name derived from Elisabeth

Dutch

Etymology

Shortening of Elisabeth.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.zaː/
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  • Hyphenation: Li‧sa

Proper noun

Lisa f

  1. a female given name

Faroese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Lisa

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Lisa: Lisuson
  • daughter of Lisa: Lisudóttir

Declension

More information singular, indefinite ...

French

Etymology

Clipping of Élisabeth.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lisa f

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Élisabeth

Anagrams

German

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lisa

  1. a female given name from Elisabeth

Italian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.sa/
  • Rhymes: -isa
  • Hyphenation: Lì‧sa

Proper noun

Lisa f

  1. a female given name, diminutive of Elisabetta

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Lisa f

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Lisabé
  2. a female given name

Derived terms

Norwegian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Lisa

  1. a female given name derived from Elisabeth

Romanian

Etymology

From lisa, definite form of lisă (“uncultivated field”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lisa f

  1. a commune of Brașov County, Romania
  2. a village in Lisa, Brașov County, Romania
  3. a village in Schitu, Olt County, Romania
  4. a commune of Teleorman County, Romania
  5. a village in Lisa, Teleorman County, Romania

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • Licia (palatalized)
  • Luvisa, Luvicia (dieretic variants)
  • Luiggia (Italianism)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin L(udov)īs(i)a, feminine variant of from Latin Ludovīcus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.sa/, [ˈli.sa]
  • Hyphenation: Li‧sa

Proper noun

Lisa

  1. a female given name from Latin, of historical usage, equivalent to English Louise

Coordinate terms

  • (masculinine variant): Lisi

Descendants

  • Italian: Zia Lisa (toponym)

Swedish

Etymology

Short form of Elisabet. First recorded in Sweden in 1558.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lisa c (genitive Lisas)

  1. a female given name

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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

Etymology

Probably from or cognate with Edo Olisa, Edo Olíhà

Pronunciation

Proper Noun

Lísà

  1. a traditional chieftaincy title, usually held by the highest-ranking chief in a town, second-in-command to the king.
  • Èyé Lísà (“female equivalent of Lísà title”)
  • Rísàpetu
  • Ọị́sịkịn, Ológun-Rísinkin
  • Eísàbá

Derived terms

  • Ológun-Sinkin
  • Sàpetu
  • Sàlórò
  • Sàlọ́tùn
  • Sàrúkù
  • Sàò
  • Sàjọwá
  • Sàjùkú

Usage notes

  • In the Èkìtì dialect of Yoruba, "Lísà" (or the Èkìtì equivalent, Ọị́sà/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 Sàpetu, which is a contraction of "Lísà Ìpetu," literally "high chief of Ìpetu."

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