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Larissa Pronunciation
lə-RIH-sə Greek:
[ˈlarisa] Russian:
[ɫɐˈrʲisə] Gender female Language(s) Catalan, Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish
Name day March 26 Derivation
Lara Meaning Citadel Alternative spelling Larisa Short form(s) Lara
Larissa (
Ancient Greek : Λάρισα ) is a female given name of
Greek origin that is common in Eastern European nations of
Orthodox church heritage. It is derived either from
Larissa , a
nymph in
Greek mythology who was a daughter of
Pelasgus , or from the name of the ancient city of
Larissa in
Greece which meant "citadel" or "fortress" in a now extinct
Pre-Greek substrate language.
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The name was later borne by the Christian martyr of the fourth century
Saint Larissa . The name is spelled Λάρισα in
modern Greek and Лариса in
Cyrillic , and based on either may also be
Latinised as Larisa. It is used in Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian and Latvian languages.
[2] In 2009, Larisa was the 21st most common name for girls born in Romania.
[3]
A Russian short form is
Lara , made famous through
Boris Pasternak 's novel
Doctor Zhivago (1957).
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Saint Larissa (died c.375), early martyr venerated by the
Roman Catholic and
Russian Orthodox churches
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