Lisa

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Lisa¹

  • /ˈliːsə/ UK
  • /ˈliːzə/ UK
  • /ˈlaɪzə/ UK
  • /ˈlisə/ US
  • /ˈlizə/ US
  • /ˈlaɪzə/ US

Sounds like LISA, Liza, liza · Rhymes with -iːsə, -iːzə, -aɪzə

Where it comes from

Diminutive of Elisabeth in several European languages. The computer is named after Lisa Brennan-Jobs, officially explained as an acronym for “Locally Integrated Software Architecture”.

proper noun Lisas

  1. A female given name from Hebrew. You were born in the '70s? Were you named after Lisa on As the World Turns?

noun Lisas

  1. abbreviation, ellipsis, historical Ellipsis of Apple Lisa Both Macs and Lisas, along with Imagewriter printers, are part of the convention network organized by Sytek of Mountain View, California.
  2. slang An idealised girlfriend.

LISA²

  • /ˈliːzə/

noun LISAs

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of lifetime individual savings account

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Laser Interferometer Space Antenna; abbreviation, used in LISA Pathfinder, an ESA space probe that will test technologies needed a gravitational wave observatory.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: eliza, liza, lise, nikola, she, mona, purely, smooth, annex, anna, add, addition, plain, lis, flat, level

Translations

Every language

name female given name

한국어리사 Risa
日本語リサ Risa
中文麗莎 /丽莎 Lìshā
FrançaisLise
DeutschLisa, Liese
ΕλληνικάΛίζα Líza
РусскийЛи́за Líza
العربيةلِيزَا līzā

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MLA

"Lisa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lisa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Lisa. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lisa

Chicago

"Lisa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lisa.

BibTeX
@misc{lisa_2026,
  title = {Lisa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lisa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}