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Ressa

Ressa proper noun: a female given name.

Proper noun

Ressa

  1. A female given name.
  2. A surname.
    • Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.2021 October 8, Jon Henley and Rebecca Ratcliffe, “Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel peace prize”, in The Guardian

Questions about Ressa

What does Ressa mean?
Ressa means a female given name.
What part of speech is Ressa?
Ressa is a proper noun.

Words near Ressa in the dictionary

  1. resquaring
  2. resqueeze
  3. resqueezed
  4. resqueezes
  5. resqueezing
  6. Ressa
  7. ressaidar
  8. ressaidars
  9. ressala
  10. ressalas
  11. ressaldar

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