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Cognates
LLISA in Catalan (also Mújol). In Portuguese and old Castilian Spanish, LIÇA. In Italian LECCIA/LIZZA. In Venetan, LISSA. In Serbo-Croatian LÌCA. Supposing that the old primitive form were ALICIA, it might be related to the Latin Word ALLEC (sort of big sardine, hering). Cf. Diccionari Etimològic i Complementari de la Llengua Catalana, p. 221-222-223, Curial Edicions Catalanes, Barcelona 1985. In Latin, Mugil or Mugilis. Mújol in Spanish (but also Lisa, Liza). Cf. Diccionario de Uso del Español María Moliner, Ed. Gredos, Madrid 1984).
Liza f
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Mugiliformes – order; Mugilidae – family
Liza
- A diminutive of the female given names Eliza or Elizabeth, from Hebrew.
Liza f
- a female given name
Liza
- a female given name, equivalent to English Lisa