Lissa
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Lissa is:
There have been two naval Battles of Lissa fought in the Adriatic Sea
near the island of Lissa
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Lissa is also a female given name, often foreshortened from Melissa
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- the old Venetian name for the Adriatic island of VisVis (island)Vis is the most outerly lying larger Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, and is part of the Central Dalmatian group of islands, with an area of 90.26 km² and a population of 3,617 . Of all the inhabited Croatian islands, it is the farthest from the coast...
- the German name for the town of LesznoLesznoLeszno is a town in central Poland with 63,955 inhabitants . Situated in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999, it was previously the capital of the Leszno Voivodeship . The town has county status.-History:...
in Poland when it had a Moravian college and a gymnasium
There have been two naval Battles of Lissa fought in the Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...
near the island of Lissa
Vis (island)
Vis is the most outerly lying larger Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, and is part of the Central Dalmatian group of islands, with an area of 90.26 km² and a population of 3,617 . Of all the inhabited Croatian islands, it is the farthest from the coast...
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- Battle of Lissa (1811)Battle of Lissa (1811)The Battle of Lissa was a naval action fought between a British frigate squadron and a substantially larger squadron of French and Venetian frigates and smaller ships on 13 March 1811 during the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars...
- 13 March 1811 British frigates defeat a French and Venetian fleet. - Battle of Lissa (1866)Battle of Lissa (1866)The Battle of Lissa took place on 20 July 1866 in the Adriatic Sea near the Dalmatian island of Lissa and was a decisive victory for an outnumbered Austrian Empire force over a superior Italian force...
- 20 July 1866 Austrian fleet defeats Italian fleet during Austro-Prussian WarAustro-Prussian WarThe Austro-Prussian War was a war fought in 1866 between the German Confederation under the leadership of the Austrian Empire and its German allies on one side and the Kingdom of Prussia with its German allies and Italy on the...
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Lissa is also a female given name, often foreshortened from Melissa
Melissa
Melissa is a given name for a female child. The name comes from the Greek word μέλισσα , "honey bee" and from μέλι , "honey". Compare Hittite melit, "honey"....
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People
- Lissa (Musician)
- Lissa EvansLissa EvansLissa Evans is a British television director, producer and author. She mainly works on comedy programmes for Hat Trick Productions.- Biography :...
- Lissa MuscatineLissa MuscatineLissa Muscatine is Senior Adviser and Chief of Speechwriting at the U.S. State Department. Muscatine was a speechwriter for Senator Clinton's 2008 Presidential campaign. She also served as a speechwriter and the communications director when Clinton was First Lady. As one of Secretary Clinton's...
- Christopher Lissa
- John Lissa
- Zofia LissaZofia Lissa-Life:Zofia Lissa was born in Lviv and studied piano and music theory at the Polish Music Society in Lviv. She continued her studies in musicology with Adolf Chybiński at Jan Kazimierz University in Lvov , where she also studied philosophy with Kazimierz Twardowski and Roman Ingarden and attended...
, Polish musicologist