Alyssa

//əˈlɪs.ə// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from the Germanic languages, popular in the US in the 1990s and the 2000s.

    "The leading lady's name is Alyssa Aldine - I think Aldine sounds like nice people; I suppose because the Aldine editions of books are so famous."

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"Alyssa can pronounce any word backwards."

Etymology

A 20th-century invention, either derived from the flower alyssum; or from Alicia, of Germanic origin; or from Elissa.

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