# Lisa
## English
### Etymology

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”.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lēʹsə, lēʹzə, līʹzə, IPA: /ˈliːsə/, /ˈliːzə/, /ˈlaɪzə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) enPR: lēʹsə, lēʹzə, līʹzə, IPA: /ˈlisə/, /ˈlizə/, /ˈlaɪzə/
* Rhymes: -iːsə, -iːzə, -aɪzə
* Homophones: LISA, Liza, liza

### Proper noun

Lisa (plural Lisas)
* A female given name from Hebrew.
    You were born in the '70s? Were you named after Lisa on As the World Turns?
** 1868, William Meynell Whittmore, editor, Sunshine, page 138:Elizabeth coloured. "Oh, I don't want the doll called after me, if that is what you mean," she said, rather disdainfully. "Nonsense, 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, page 16:Did I want to be burdened with a common name? Be the third Lisa and fourth Susan in my classroom? Darleen or Doreen or Maureen? I did.

#### Usage notes

* 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.

#### Translations
### Noun

Lisa (plural Lisas)
* (computing, historical) Ellipsis of Apple Lisa.
** 1984 July 23, Peggy Watt, “Democrats Computerize Politics”, in InfoWorld, volume 6, number 30, page 24:Both Macs and Lisas, along with Imagewriter printers, are part of the convention network organized by Sytek of Mountain View, California.
* (slang) An idealised girlfriend.

### Further reading

* Eric Partridge (2005) “Lisa”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1216.

### Anagrams

* SAIL, Lasi, Alis, Lias, lias, sial, Isla, sail, Lais, ails, SiAl, LIAs, lais, Ilsa

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Clipping of Felisa. Also from English Liza, Lisa, diminutives of Elizabeth.

### Proper noun

Lisa
* a female given name from English

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Lisa.

## Danish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Lisa
* a female given name derived from Elisabeth

## Dutch
### Etymology

Shortening of Elisabeth.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.zaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Li‧sa

### Proper noun

Lisa f
* a female given name

#### Related terms

* Elisabeth
* Lies
* Liesbeth

## Faroese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Lisa
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

Matronymics
* son of Lisa: Lisuson
* daughter of Lisa: Lisudóttir

#### Declension
## French
### Etymology

Clipping of Élisabeth.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /li.za/

### Proper noun

Lisa f
* a diminutive of the female given name Élisabeth

### Anagrams

* ails, lias, sali, sila

## German
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliːza/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Lisa
* a female given name from Elisabeth

## Italian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.sa/
* Rhymes: -isa
* Hyphenation: Lì‧sa

### Proper noun

Lisa f
* a female given name, diminutive of Elisabetta

### Anagrams

* Sila, alsi, sali, salì

## Norman
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Lisa f
* a diminutive of the female given name Lisabé
* a female given name

#### Derived terms

* Lison

## Norwegian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Lisa
* a female given name derived from Elisabeth

## Romanian
### Etymology

From lisa, definite form of lisă (“uncultivated field”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Lisa f
* A commune of Brașov, Romania
* A village in Lisa, Brașov, Romania
* A village in Schitu, Olt, Romania
* A commune of Teleorman, Romania
* A village in Lisa, Teleorman, Romania

## Sicilian
### Alternative forms

* Licia (palatalized)
* Luvisa, Luvicia (dieretic variants)
* Luiggia (Italianism)

### Etymology

From Medieval Latin L(udov)īs(i)a, feminine variant of from Latin Ludovīcus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.sa/, [ˈli.sa]
* Hyphenation: Li‧sa

### Proper noun

Lisa
* a female given name from Latin, of historical usage, equivalent to English Louise

#### Coordinate terms

* (masculinine variant): Lisi

#### Descendants

* Italian: Zia Lisa (toponym)

## Swedish
### Etymology

Short form of Elisabet. First recorded in Sweden in 1558.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²liːsa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -²iːsa
* Homophone: leasa

### Proper noun

Lisa c (genitive Lisas)
* a female given name

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* 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.