Elissa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔλῐσσᾰ (Élĭssă); probably from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤀𐤎𐤕 (ʾlʾst /⁠Elishat⁠/), 𐤀𐤋𐤀𐤎 (ʾlʾs /⁠Elisha⁠/).
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• IPA^(key): /əˈlɪs.ə/, (less often) /ɪˈ-/, /əˈli(ː)s.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɪsə
• Homophones: Alissa, Alyssa (one pronunciation)

Elissa

1. (Greek mythology) Dido, queen of Carthage.
2. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 2025 March 19, Alison Main, “Michigan Democrat says she ‘can’t just be an activist’ and calls on party to act”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Wednesday called for “action, not words” from Democrats, criticizing the approach of some in the progressive wing of the party.

• Alesis, Alessi, Lassie, aisles, laisse, lassie, sailes, slaies

• Elīsa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔλῐσσᾰ (Élĭssă).

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

Elissa f sg (genitive Elissae); first declension

1. (poetic) synonym of Dīdō (“legendary foundress and queen of Carthage”)

First-declension noun, singular only.

• Elissaeus

• “Ĕlissa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Elīsa (-ssa) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “582”