Larissa

English

Alternative forms

• Larisa (the city; the female name)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λάρισσα (Lárissa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈɹɪsə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

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.

Related terms

• (female given name): Lara

Translations

city in Greece

• Catalan: Làrissa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉里薩 (Lālǐsà)

• French: Larissa (fr) f
• German: Larisa n, Larissa (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: Λᾱ́ρισσα f (Lā́rissa)

  Modern: Λάρισα (el) f (Lárisa), Λάρισα (el) f (Lárisa)

• Italian: Larissa f
• Japanese: ラリサ (Rarisa)
• Latin: Lārissa f, Lārīsa f
• Macedonian: Лариса f (Larisa)
• Old Tupi: Lárissa
• Ottoman Turkish: یڭی شهر (Yeni Şehir), یڭی شهر فنار (Yeni Şehir-i Fener)
• Portuguese: Larissa (pt) f
• Russian: Ла́риса (ru) f (Lárisa), Лари́са (ru) f (Larísa)
• Spanish: Larisa (es) f

female given name

• Belarusian: Лары́са f (Larýsa)
• French: Larissa (fr) f
• German: Larissa (de) f, Larisa f
• Italian: Larissa f
• Macedonian: Лариса f (Larisa)
• Portuguese: Larissa (pt) f
• Russian: Лари́са (ru) f (Larísa)
• Ukrainian: Лариса f (Larysa)

Further reading

• Larissa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Larissa (regional unit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Larissa (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Larissa (moon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• arisals, risalas

Finnish

Proper noun

Larissa

1. inessive singular of Lari

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Larissa in the 20th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ʁi.sa/

Proper noun

Larissa

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Larissa

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laˈʁɪsa]

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Larissa

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Larissa

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λάρισσα (Lárissa).

Proper noun

Larissa f

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

Anagrams

• rilassa

Latin

Alternative forms

• Lārīsa

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λάρισσα (Lárissa).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Lārissa f sg (genitive Lārissae); first declension

1. Larissa

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Lārissa
genitive	Lārissae
dative	Lārissae
accusative	Lārissam
ablative	Lārissā
vocative	Lārissa
locative	Lārissae

References

• “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.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɾi.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɾi.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɾi.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɾi.sɐ/

Proper noun

Larissa f

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

Derived terms

• larissinha

Turkish

Proper noun

Larissa

1. (astronomy) Larissa