Issa

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.

Issa pl (plural only)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /i.sa/

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

Issa m

1. A male given name, widely used in Islamic North and West Africa.

• male given name: Jésus

Issa m (plural Issas)

1. A member of the Issa clan

• sais

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἴσσα (Íssa).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.sa/, [ˈɪs.sa]

Issa f sg (genitive Issae); first declension

1. Vis (island off the coast of Croatia)

First declension.

• Issēnsis

• Issaeus
• Issaicus

• 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