Issa

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See also: issa, issā, and -issa

English

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Etymology 1

Noun

Issa (plural Issas or Issa)

  1. A member of a Somali clan, mainly residing in Djibouti; it is the larger of the two dominant ethnic groups.
    Until its independence in 1977, Djibouti was called the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas.
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Etymology 2

Noun

Template:en-plural noun

  1. Alternative form of Iswa (the Catawba, a Native American people who inhabit the Carolinas).

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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

A French spelling of an Arabic-derived form for Jesus. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or its derivatives (Wolof Isaa, Pulaar Iisaa etc.).

Proper noun

Issa m

  1. a male given name from Arabic, widely used in Islamic North and West Africa.

Etymology 2

Noun

Issa m (plural Issas)

  1. A member of the Issa clan

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Latin

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἴσσα (Íssa).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Issa f sg (genitive Issae); first declension

  1. Vis (an island off the coast of Croatia)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Issa
Genitive Issae
Dative Issae
Accusative Issam
Ablative Issā
Vocative Issa

Derived terms

References

  • Issa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Issa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Issa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.