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Elissa may refer to: * Elissa (name), a feminine given name (including people by that name) People * Dido, Queen of Carthage in Greek and Roman mythology, also referred to as Elissa or Alyssa * Elissa (singer) (born 1972), Lebanese singer Other uses * ''Elissa'' (book), a 1900 novel by H. Rider Haggard * ''Elissa'' (ship), a historic sailing ship anchored in Galveston Bay * Elissa, one of the seven women occurring as narrators in Giovanni Boccaccio's ''The Decameron ''The Decameron'' (; it, label=Italian, Decameron or ''Decamerone'' ), subtitled ''Prince Galehaut'' (Old it, Prencipe Galeotto, links=no ) and sometimes nicknamed ''l'Umana commedia'' ("the Human comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dan ...

Elissa (name)
Elissa is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Hebrew name Elisheba, which also is the root of Elizabeth Closely related names include Alyssa, Elisa, and Eliza. Other spellings include Ellissa and Elyssa. People * Dido, first Queen of Carthage, in some sources is referred to as Elissa * Elissa (singer) (born 1971), birth name Elissar Khoury, Lebanese singer known by the mononym Elissa * Elissa Aalto (1922–1994), Finnish architect and author * Elissa Alarie (born 1986), Canadian rugby player * Elissa P. Benedek (born 1936), American clinical psychiatrist and professor * Elissa Blount Moorhead, American artist and writer * Elissa Cameron, New Zealand wildlife biologist * Elissa Cunane (born 2000), American basketball player * Elissa Down, Australian filmmaker * Ellie Downie (born 1999), British gymnast, born Elissa Downie * Elissa Hallem, American neurobiologist * Elissa Landi (1904–1948), Italian actress * Elissa Lansdell, Canadian television host * Elissa Mur ...
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Dido
Dido ( ; , ), also known as Elissa ( , ), was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (located in modern Tunisia), in 814 BC. In most accounts, she was the queen of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre (today in Lebanon) who fled tyranny to found her own city in northwest Africa. Known only through ancient Greek and Roman sources, all of which were written well after Carthage's founding, her historicity remains uncertain. The oldest references to Dido are attributed to Timaeus, who was active around 300 BC, or about five centuries after the date given for the foundation of Carthage. Details about Dido's character, life, and role in the founding of Carthage are best known from the account given in Virgil's epic poem, the ''Aeneid,'' written around 20 BC, which tells the legendary story of the Trojan hero Aeneas. Dido is described as a clever and enterprising woman who flees her ruthless and autocratic brother, Pygmalion, after discovering ...
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Elissa (singer)
Elissar Zakaria Khoury ( ar, إليسار زكريا خوري; born 27 October 1972), commonly known as Elissa ( ar, إليسا), is a Lebanese recording artist. She is one of Lebanon's most famous singers, and one of the best-known artists in the Arab world. She has been among the highest-selling female Middle Eastern artists since 2005. In 2005, she became the first Lebanese singer to receive the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist, an award that she received again in 2006 and 2010. She has currently sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Elissa is also one of the richest celebrities in Lebanon, with a reported estimated wealth of over $40 million. As of 2019, Elissa has over 50 million followers on social media. In 2018, Elissa appeared as a judge on '' The Voice: Ahla Sawt'', the Arab edition of ''The Voice''. Early life Elissa was born in Deir Al-Ahmar to a Lebanese father and a Syrian mother from Wadi al-Nasara. She has three brothers Ghassan, Kamil ...
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Elissa (book)
''Elissa'' is a 1900 book by English author H. Rider Haggard. It consists of two stories: *''Elissa; or The Doom of Zimbabwe''"Books of the Week"''The Outlook'', June 30, 1900, (p.508) *''Black Heart and White Heart: A Zulu Idyll'' Reception '' The Outlook'', reviewing ''Elissa'', stated "As a story the tale is somewhat overwritten and improbable". References External linksComplete bookat Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg (PG) is a Virtual volunteering, volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks." It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the ...Images and bibliographic information for various editionsof ''Elissa'' at SouthAfricaBooks.com * Novels by H. Rider Haggard British adventure novels 1900 British novels Novels set in Zimbabwe {{1900s-adventure-novel-stub ...
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Elissa (ship)
The tall ship ''Elissa'' is a three- masted barque. She is based in Galveston, Texas, and is one of the oldest ships sailing today. Launched in 1877, she is now a museum ship at the Texas Seaport Museum. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. The Texas Legislature designated ''Elissa'' the official tall ship of Texas in 2005. History ''Elissa'' was built in Aberdeen, Scotland as a merchant vessel in a time when steamships were overtaking sailing ships. She was launched on October 27, 1877. The vessel was named for the niece of Henry Fowler Watt, ''Elissa''s first owner, though according to his descendants the ship was named for the Queen of Carthage, Elissa (more commonly called Dido), Aeneas' tragic lover in the epic poem ''The Aeneid''. ''Elissa'' also sailed under Norwegian and Swedish flags. In Norway she was known as the ''Fjeld of Tønsberg'' and her master was Captain Herman Andersen. In Sweden her name was ''Gustav of Gothenburg''. In 1918, she wa ...
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