Issa

See also: issa, issā, and -issa

English

Etymology 1

From Somali Ciise or Arabic عيسى

Noun

Issa (plural Issas or Issa)

1. A member of a Somali clan, mainly residing in Djibouti; it is the larger of the two dominant ethnic groups.

   Until its independence in 1977, Djibouti was called the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas.

Translations

member of the Issa clan in Djibouti

• Finnish: issa
• French: Issa (fr) m

Etymology 2

Noun

Issa pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of Iswa (the Catawba, a Native American people who inhabit the Carolinas).

Anagrams

• AISs, ASIS, ASIs, Assi, ISAs, SSIA, Sais, Saïs, as is, as-is, is-as, sais

Choctaw

Etymology

From English leave.

Noun

Issa

1. to leave something

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.sa/

Etymology 1

A French spelling of an Arabic-derived form for Jesus. From Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or its derivatives (Wolof Isaa, Pulaar Iisaa etc.).

Proper noun

Issa m

1. a male given name from Arabic, widely used in Islamic North and West Africa

Related terms

• male given name: Jésus

Etymology 2

Noun

Issa m (plural Issas)

1. a member of the Issa clan

Anagrams

• sais

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἴσσα (Íssa), possibly from an Illyrian word meaning "spas," from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to move violently, rapidly”). Possibly related to Isacia, a place in Lucania mentioned by Pliny.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.sa/, [ˈɪs̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.sa/, [ˈisːä]

Proper noun

Issa f sg (genitive Issae); first declension

1. Vis (an island off the coast of Croatia)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Issa
Genitive	Issae
Dative	Issae
Accusative	Issam
Ablative	Issā
Vocative	Issa

Derived terms

• Issēnsis

Related terms

• Issaeus
• Issaicus

References

• “Issa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Issa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Issa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• How the Croatian Islands Got Their Names
• Roller, D. W. (2018). A Historical and Topographical Guide to the Geography of Strabo. United States: Cambridge University Press, p. 286