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Merissa

Merissa proper noun: a female given name, variant of Marissa.

Proper noun

Merissa

  1. A female given name, variant of Marissa.
    • After a pause she added, “I am Merissa Pritchard.” She began carefully to roll up his sleeve. / He repeated her name, rolling the r’s in typically French fashion, drawing out the syllables and placing special emphasis on the last one. His pronunciation made her name sound musical and exotic, almost...1995 November, Gail Eastwood, chapter 7, in The Captain’s Dilemma (Signet Regency romances), New York, N.Y.: Signet, →ISBN, page 72
    • If it’s a girl I’ve always loved the sweet name Merissa […]2014, Richard Pekar, “July 1ˢᵗ 1987”, in The Last Train to Budapest, Morrisville, N.C.: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 27

Questions about Merissa

What does Merissa mean?
Merissa means a female given name, variant of Marissa.
What part of speech is Merissa?
Merissa is a proper noun.

Words near Merissa in the dictionary

  1. merismoid
  2. merisms
  3. merismus
  4. merispore
  5. merispores
  6. Merissa
  7. meristate
  8. meristele
  9. meristeles
  10. meristelic
  11. meristem

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