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Places

* the old Venetian name for the Adriatic
island of Vis Vis (; ; la, Issa, it, Lissa) is a small Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. It is the farthest inhabited island off the Croatian mainland. Before the end of World War I, the island was held by the Liburnians, the Republic of Venice, the Nap ...
* the German name for the town of
Leszno Leszno (german: Lissa, 1800–1918 ''Lissa in Posen'') is a historic city in western Poland, within the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the seventh-largest city in the province with an estimated population of 62,200, as of 2021. Previously, it ...
in Poland * the German name for the town of
Lysá nad Labem Lysá nad Labem (; german: Lissa an der Elbe) is a town in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,700 inhabitants. It is situated on the Elbe river. The town centre is well preserved and is protected b ...
in the Czech Republic * a little town in Germany, in east from Halle (51.4975664N, 12.2737286E) *
Kreis Lissa Kreis Lissa ( pl, Powiat leszczyński) was a district in Regierungsbezirk Posen, in the Prussian province of Posen from 1887 to 1920. Its territory presently lies in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland. History On Octo ...
, a Kreis (county) in the southern administrative district of Posen, in the Prussian province of Posen *
Lissa (Lycia) Lissa ( grc, Λίσσα) was a town of ancient Lycia, mentioned by Ptolemy. Its site is located near Kızılağaç, Anatolia, Turkey. Inscriptions and tombs have been found at the site. The site was explored by the British antiquaries Theodore ...
, a town of ancient Lycia, now in Turkey


People

* Lissa, a female given name, e.g., a diminutive form from
Melissa Melissa is a female given name. The name comes from the Greek word μέλισσα (''mélissa''), "bee", which in turn comes from μέλι (''meli''), "honey". In Hittite, ''melit'' signifies "honey". ''Melissa'' also refers to the plant ''Me ...
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Alyssa Alyssa is a feminine given name with multiple origins. Alysa is an alternative spelling. As used in Western countries, the name is usually derived from the name of the flower alyssum. The name of the flower derives from the Greek ἀ- ''a-'' ( ...
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Lissa Endriga Lissa Endriga is an American television host and model, best known for her work on the travel-adventure television show ''Destination X: California'' and ''Destination X: Adventures''. Early life Endriga was born on January 8, 1985, in Souther ...
, American television host and model **
Lissa Evans Felicity Kenvyn (known as Lissa Evans) is a British television director, producer, novelist and children's author. After qualifying as a doctor in 1983, Evans worked in medicine in Newcastle for four years before a brief period in stand-up, be ...
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Lissa Hunter Lissa Hunter (born November 13, 1945) is an American artist known for her basketry, drawing and mixed media work. Her professional activities include teaching, writing, and a long association with Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isl ...
, American artist ** Lissa Lauria, American actress and recording artist **
Lissa Martinez Lissa Ann Martinez is an American ocean engineer and consultant from San Antonio, Texas. During her career, she has worked on policy-based solutions for environmental challenges. Following her graduation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technol ...
, American ocean engineer **
Lissa Muscatine Hillaryland was the self-designated name of a group of core advisors to Hillary Clinton, when she was First Lady of the United States and again when, as United States Senator, she was one of the Democratic Party candidates for President in the 200 ...
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Lissa Vera María Elizabeth Vera (born January 31, 1982, in Buenos Aires, Argentina), professionally known as Lissa Vera, is an Argentine singer-songwriter, composer and actress. She is best known for being a member of Argentine all-female band Bandana ...
, Argentine singer-songwriter, composer and actress ** Alyssa "Lissa" Daniels of "
Lissa Explains it All LissaExplains.com is a Web site created by Alyssa "Lissa" Daniels (born 1986), a girl from Orlando, Florida, to teach people, especially children, how to make their own Web sites. She was 11 years old when she set up the first site in 1997, and i ...
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Zofia Lissa Zofia Lissa (19 October 1908 – 26 March 1980) was a Polish music educator and musicologist. Life Zofia Lissa was born in Lemberg and studied piano and music theory at the Polish Music Society in Lviv. She continued her studies in musicology wit ...
, Polish musicologist


Fictional characters

* Lissa, a playable character and the younger sister of Chrom from '' Fire Emblem Awakening''. * Lissa, a main character from the ''
Vampire Academy ''Vampire Academy'' is a series of six young adult paranormal romance novels by American author Richelle Mead. It tells the story of Rosemarie "Rose" Hathaway, a dhampir girl, who is training to be a guardian of her moroi best friend, Vasilisa " ...
'' book series.


Other

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Sony Lissa Lissa was a range of HiFi components by Sony, based on the i.LINK IEEE 1394 is an interface standard for a serial bus for high-speed communications and isochronous real-time data transfer. It was developed in the late 1980s and early 1990 ...
* SMS ''Lissa''


See also

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de Lissa de Lissa is a surname literally meaning "of Lissa". Notable people with this surname include: *Alfred de Lissa (1838–1913), English-born Australian solicitor *Emile de Lissa Emile Ernest Vere de Lissa (30 January 1871 – 16 August 1955) w ...
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