English

Alternative forms

• Larisa ( the city; the female name)

Proper noun

Larissa

1. A city in north-central Greece, the capital of Thessaly.
2. (Greek mythology) A nymph with a local cult near the city of Larissa.
3. A female given name (after the mythological character and a 4th century Greek Orthodox martyr).
4. (astronomy) A moon of Neptune.

Related terms

• female given name: Lara

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on Larissa, the city
• Wikipedia on Larissa, the mythological character

Finnish

Proper noun

Larissa

1. Inessive singular form of Lari.

German

Proper noun

Larissa

1. A female given name borrowed from Russian in the 20th century.

Italian

Etymology

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)

Latin

Alternative forms

• Lārīsa

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λάρισσα ‎(Lárissa).

Proper noun

Lārissa f ‎(genitive Lārissae); first declension

1. Larissa

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

References

• Larissa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Larissa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Larissa f

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