Melissa
pronunciation
How to pronounce Melissa in British English:
UK [mə'lɪsə]
How to pronounce Melissa in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae
Word Origin
- Melissa
- fem. proper name, from Latin, from Greek (Ionic) melissa (Attic melitta) "honeybee," also "one of the priestesses of Delphi," from PIE *melit-ya, suffixed form of *melit- "honey" (cognates: Greek meli, Latin mel "honey; sweetness;" Albanian mjal' "honey;" Old Irish mil "honey," Irish milis "sweet;" Old English mildeaw "nectar," milisc "honeyed, sweet;" Old High German milsken "to sweeten;" Gothic miliþ "honey").
Example
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- 2. Melissa ferguson of cornell university is trying to change that .
- 3. Melissa jones will not easily forget her first visit to almaty , the commercial capital of kazakhstan .
- 4. Melissa asked sandra in hushed tone .
- 5. Melissa continued to ride a bike agreeable to play .