Diminutive ofElisabeth in several European languages. The computer is named afterLisa Brennan-Jobs , officially explained as an acronym for “Locally Integrated Software Architecture”.
( Received Pronunciation ) enPR :lēʹsə ,lēʹzə ,līʹzə ,IPA (key ) : /ˈliːsə/ ,/ˈliːzə/ ,/ˈlaɪzə/ ( General American ) enPR :lēʹsə ,lēʹzə ,līʹzə ,IPA (key ) : /ˈlisə/ ,/ˈlizə/ ,/ˈlaɪzə/ Rhymes:-iːsə -iːzə -aɪzə Homophones :LISA Liza liza Lisa (plural Lisas
A femalegiven name from Hebrew .You were born in the '70s? Were you named afterLisa As the World Turns ? 1868 Sunshine , page138 :Elizabeth coloured.Lisa !" laughed her father, "you ought to consider yourself highly honoured to have such a handsome lady as this for your namesake."
1997 Penelope Lively ,Moon Tiger , Grove Press,→ISBN Lisa is a better name. Claudia bangs, like the gong in the hall at Sotleigh. Bang - whoom!Lisa makes a nice silky noise, like streams or rain.
2007 Elinor Lipman ,My Latest Grievance ,→ISBN 16 :Did I want to be burdened with a common name? Be the thirdLisa and fourth Susan in my classroom? Darleen or Doreen or Maureen?
Taken to general use as a full English given name in early 20th century. Very popular in the U.S. in the 1960s, and in the U.K. a decade later. Lisa (plural Lisas
( computing , historical ) Ellipsis ofApple Lisa 1984 July 23, Peggy Watt, “Democrats Computerize Politics”, inInfoWorld 30 ,page24 :Both Macs andLisas , along with Imagewriter printers, are part of the convention network organized by Sytek of Mountain View, California.
( slang ) girlfriend .SAIL Lasi Alis Lias lias sial Isla sail Lais ails SiAl LIAs lais Ilsa Clipping ofFelisa English Liza Lisa Elizabeth
Lisa
a femalegiven name from English For quotations using this term, seeCitations:Lisa .
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
Lisa
a femalegiven name derived fromElisabeth Shortening ofElisabeth
IPA (key ) : /ˈli.zaː/ Hyphenation:Li‧sa Lisa f
a femalegiven name (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
Lisa
a femalegiven name Matronymics
son of Lisa:Lisuson daughter of Lisa:Lisudóttir singular indefinite nominative Lisa accusative Lisu dative Lisu genitive Lisu
Clipping ofÉlisabeth
Lisa f
adiminutive of the femalegiven name Élisabeth (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
Lisa
a femalegiven name fromElisabeth (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
Lisa f
a femalegiven name , diminutive ofElisabetta (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
Lisa f
adiminutive of the femalegiven name Lisabé a femalegiven name (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
Lisa
a femalegiven name derived fromElisabeth Fromlisa lisă ( “ uncultivated field ” ) .
Lisa f
Acommune ofBrașov CountyRomania A village inLisa Brașov CountyRomania A village inSchitu Olt CountyRomania Acommune ofTeleorman CountyRomania A village inLisa Teleorman CountyRomania FromMedieval Latin L(udov)īs(i)a Latin Ludovīcus
IPA (key ) : /ˈli.sa/ ,[ˈli.sa] Hyphenation:Li‧sa Lisa
a femalegiven name from Latin, of historical usage, equivalent to EnglishLouise ( masculinine variant ) : Lisi Short form ofElisabet
Lisa c genitive Lisas
a femalegiven name Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996,→ISBN [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin,Förnamnsboken , Norstedts 1995,→ISBN : 31 611 females with the given name Lisa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 1910s and the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
