Larissa

• Larisa (the city; the female name)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λάρισσα (Lárissa).

• IPA^(key): /ləˈɹɪsə/

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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).
   • 2023 August 18, Francesca Street, “Her flight was canceled. Then she ended up on the doorstep of her future wife”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     When Larissa Santos opened her front door and saw Rachel Bush for the first time, she was immediately flooded with emotions.

7. (astronomy) A moon of Neptune.

• (female given name): Lara

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• arisals, risalas

Larissa

1. inessive singular of Lari

Borrowed from English Larissa in the 20th century.

• IPA^(key): /la.ʁi.sa/

Larissa

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Larissa

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

• IPA^(key): [laˈʁɪsa]

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Larissa

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Larissa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λάρισσα (Lárissa).

Larissa f

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

• rilassa

• Lārīsa

From Ancient Greek Λάρισσα (Lárissa).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫaːˈrɪs.sa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [laˈris.sa]

Lārissa f sg (genitive Lārissae); first declension

1. Larissa

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• “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.

Larissa f

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

Larissa

1. (astronomy) Larissa