Elissa may refer to:
People
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Elissa (name)
Elissa is a feminine given name. It is the root of Elizabeth. Its popularity also derives from its use as an alternate name for the legendary Queen Dido.
Closely related names include Alyssa, Elisa, and Eliza. Alternate spellings include Ellis ...
, including a list of people with the given name
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Dido
Dido ( ; , ), also known as Elissa ( , ), was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (located in Tunisia), in 814 BC.
In most accounts, she was the queen of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre (located ...
, Queen of Carthage in Greek and Roman mythology, also referred to as Elissa or Alyssa
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Elissa (singer) (born 1971), Lebanese singer and actress
Other uses
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''Elissa'' (book), a 1900 novel by H. Rider Haggard
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''Elissa'' (ship), a historic sailing ship anchored in Galveston Bay
* Elissa, one of the seven women occurring as narrators in Giovanni Boccaccio's ''
The Decameron
''The Decameron'' (; or ''Decamerone'' ), subtitled ''Prince Galehaut'' (Old ) and sometimes nicknamed ''l'Umana commedia'' ("the Human Comedy (drama), comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dante Alighieri's ''Divine Comedy, Comedy'' "''D ...
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See also
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Elisa (disambiguation)
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Elise (disambiguation)
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Eliza (disambiguation)
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Alisa (disambiguation)
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Lisa (disambiguation)
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