Issa or ISSA may refer to:

People

Issa (name) Issa () is a given name that means Jesus in Arabic. It may refer to: * Christ in Islam * El-Issa family Mononym *Jane Siberry (born 1955), Canadian singer who released several albums under the name Issa * Issa (Senegalese singer), Issa Diop, sin ...

, a given name and surname *

Kobayashi Issa was a Japanese poet. He is known for his haiku poems and journals. He is better known as simply , a pen name meaning Cup-of-teaBostok 2004. (lit. "one up oftea"). He is regarded as one of the four haiku masters in Japan, along with Bashō, B ...

(1763–1828), a Japanese poet *Issa or Isa, the Arabic name for

Jesus in Islam In Islam, Jesus (), referred to by the Arabic rendering of his name Isa, is believed to be the penultimate prophet and messenger of God and the Messiah being the last of the messengers sent to the Israelites () with a revelation called the (E ...

*Issa, another name for the Native American

Catawba people The Catawba, also known as Issa, Essa or Iswä but most commonly ''Iswa'' ( Catawba: ), are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans, known as the Catawba Indian Nation. Their current lands are in South Carolina, on the Catawba Ri ...

El-Issa family The El-Issa Family is an Arab Christian family that emerged from Jaffa, Palestine in the 20th century. The family is known for its "intellect, politics and literature", its members Issa El-Issa and his cousin Yousef El-Issa were among the first w ...

Issa (clan) The Issa (also spelled Esa, or Aysa) (, ) is a northern Somali clan, a sub-division of the Dir clan family. Overview As a Dir sub-clan, the Issa have immediate lineal ties with the Gadabuursi, Akisho, the Surre (Abdalle and Qubeys), the Bi ...

, a Somali clan that mainly inhabits Djibouti *

Jane Siberry Jane Siberry ( ; ; born 12 October 1955) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, known for such hits as "Mimi on the Beach", "I Muse Aloud", "One More Colour" and "Calling All Angels (Jane Siberry song), Calling All Angels". She performed the theme so ...

(born 1955), Canadian singer who released several albums under the name Issa *Issa, the nickname of

Luttif Afif Luttif Afif (; 1937 or 1945 – 6 September 1972; alias "Issa"—Jesus in Arabic) was a Palestinian militant who commanded the Munich massacre, a terrorist attack in the Munich Olympic Village on 5 September 1972.David Clay Large. ''Munich 197 ...

, a leader of the Black September terror squad at the 1972 Olympic Games

Places

Issa (polis) Vis is a town on the eponymous island in the Adriatic Sea in southern Croatia. Its population was 1,934 . The town is the seat of the eponymous Vis municipality, one of the island's two municipalities (the other being Komiža). Both belong admin ...

, the Ancient Greek and Roman name for both the town of Vis and the Adriatic island of Vis, in modern-day Croatia * Issa (Lesbos) (Ἴσσα), ancient town of Lesbos, Greece, formerly applied to the island as well *

Issa (inhabited locality) Issa () is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities * Issa, Penza Oblast, a work settlement in Issinsky District of Penza Oblast ;Rural localities * Issa, Pskov Oblast, a village in Pushkinogorsky District of Psk ...

(Исса), several inhabited localities in Russia **

Issa, Penza Oblast Issa () is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Issinsky District of Penza Oblast, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by ...

**Issa, Pskov Oblast *Issa, Polish spelling of

Isa (river) The Isa () is a river of Belarus. It is a right tributary of the Shchara, which it joins in the city of Slonim Slonim is a town in Grodno Region, in western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Slonim District. It is located at ...

() * Issa (Ghana), town in Ghana

Acronyms and abbreviations

*Independent Schools Sports Association, now known as the

Sports Association for Adelaide Schools The Sports Association for Adelaide Schools (formerly the Independent Schools Sports Association of South Australia or ISSA) is a group of schools in South Australia involved in sporting and cultural activities. Controversy The football compet ...

Information Systems Security Association Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) is a not-for-profit, international professional organization of information security professionals and practitioners. It was founded in 1984 after work on its establishment started in 1982. ISSA prom ...

* Instituto Superior de Secretariado y Administracion (ISSA), a center of the University of Navarra that trains elite management assistants *

International Sailing Schools Association The International Sailing Schools Association also known as ISSA is an international organization associating 3,500 sailing schools from all over the world. ISSA was founded in London and Paris in 1969 as a result of a joint initiative of the s ...

, an international association of sailing schools * International Sanamahism Students' Association, Kangleipak, an international association of the students of a traditional Meitei religion *

International Securities Services Association the International Securities Services Association (ISSA) is an international trade association that brings together organizations that participate in the securities services sector, especially central securities depositories and custodian banks as ...

, an association of securities services providers *

International Social Security Association The International Social Security Association (ISSA) is an international organization bringing together national social security administrations and agencies. Founded in 1927, the ISSA has more than 330 member organizations in 158 countries. It h ...

, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland *

International Sports Sciences Association The International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) is an organization that operates as an education and certification company for fitness trainers, personal trainers, strength and conditioning coaches, nutritionists, nutrition coaches, and ae ...

, an international organization of fitness experts which certifies personal fitness trainers *International Ship Suppliers Association *

International Strategic Studies Association The International Strategic Studies Association (ISSA) describes itself as Washington, D.C.–based non-governmental organization (NGO) with a worldwide membership of professionals involved in national management, particularly in national and int ...

Interscholastic Sailing Association The Interscholastic Sailing Association also known as ISSA is the organization that serves as the governing authority for all sailing competition between both public and private secondary schools throughout the United States. The organization's he ...

Irish Seed Savers Association Irish Seed Savers Association (ISSA) is an Irish non-governmental organisation A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a signific ...

Other uses

* ''Issa'' (moth), a moth genus *''

Issa Album ''Issa Album'' is the debut studio album by British-American rapper 21 Savage. It was released on July 7, 2017, through Slaughter Gang Entertainment and distributed by Epic Records. The album features production from frequent collaborator Metr ...

'', 2017 album by 21 Savage *

Issa (Belgariad) This is a list of ''The Belgariad'' and ''The Malloreon'' characters. ''The Belgariad'' and '' The Malloreon'' are two parts of a fantasy epic written by David Eddings and Leigh Eddings. Note: All of the statements (deceased, married) are writt ...

, a divine character in David Eddings's fantasy series ''The Belgariad'' and ''The Malloreon''

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