Melissa

Definition: Melissa

Melissa

Noun

1. A genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae.

"Melissa" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a bee".

Date "Melissa" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

Etymology: Melissa \Me*lis"sa\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression me`lissa bee, honey.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Melissa (in Orlando Furioso). The prophetess who lived in Merlin's cave. Bradamant gave her the enchanted ring to take to Rogero; so, assuming the form of Atlantes, she went to Alcina's island, and not only delivered Rogero, but disenchanted all the forms metamorphosed in the island. In book xix. she assumes the form of Rodomont, and persuades Agramant to break the league which was to settle the contest by single combat. A general battle ensues. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
MELISSA	English	Microbial Ecological Life Support System Alternative	Biology & Biotechnology, Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Melissa

Synonym: genus Melissa (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Melissa

English words defined with "Melissa": genus Melissa ♦ Melissa officinalis. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Melissa": Rings Noted in Fable. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Melissa" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Portuguese (lemon peel).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	No, there's only been Melissa since you. (Twister; writing credit: Michael Crichton; Anne-Marie Martin) Guess old Melissa found what she was looking for. (House on Haunted Hill; writing credit: Dick Beebe) I'm trying to figure out who or what Melissa was taping when she disappeared. (House on Haunted Hill; writing credit: Dick Beebe)
Movie/TV Titles	Melissa (1966) Intimate Portrait: Melissa Joan Hart (2002) Melissa (1997) Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story (1994)
Song Titles	Come To My Window (performing artist: Melissa Etheridge) I Want To Come Over (performing artist: Melissa Etheridge) If I Wanted To (performing artist: Melissa Etheridge) I'm The Only One (performing artist: Melissa Etheridge) Nowhere To Go (performing artist: Melissa Etheridge)
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Domain	Title
Books	Crystals (Stewart, Melissa. Rocks and Minerals.) (reference) Fossils (Stewart, Melissa. Rocks and Minerals.) (reference) Melissa (reference) Melissa Etheridge (reference) Melissa Etheridge: Our Little Secret (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Melissa (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Melissa Etheridge - Live... and Alone (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Melissa Kassel Quintet "Live At The Acton Jazz Cafe" [LIVE] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Melissa Watkins looks over plans for her self help home with USDA employee Jan Coplen in OK.Credit: USDA.		Melissa.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Portrait of Melissa Hayden, in ballet costume by Kariaska.Credit: Library of Congress.		Portrait of Melissa Hayden.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Speaker	Phrase(s)
Joan Rivers	Very close, and he said, Melissa, I'm coming home. I'll see you tomorrow. And he hung up the phone and killed himself.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Melissa" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Melissa" is used about 961 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	961	7,574

The following table summarizes the usage of "Melissa" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Melissa	First name Female	462,000	30
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Melissa" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a bee".

The following table summarizes names related to "Melissa."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Melissa	Female	Ancient Greek	N/A
Melitta	Female	Ancient Greek	Melissa
Lissa	Female	English	Melissa
Melisa	Female	English	Melissa
Melissa	Female	English	N/A
Melitta	Female	English	Melissa
Melyssa	Female	English	Melissa
Missie	Female	English	Melissa
Mélissa	Female	French	Melissa
Melissa	Female	Greek Mythology	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Melissa, TX (city, FIPS 47496)
Location: 33.28261 N, 96.57719 W
Population (1990): 557 (250 housing units)
Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 75454
Country: USA

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Expressions: Melissa

Expressions using "Melissa": genus Melissa ♦ Melissa officinalis. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Melissa

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
melissa joan hart	2,290	melissa brasselle	92
melissa	1,422	coates melissa	90
melissa etheridge	958	melissa mathison	87
melissa gilbert	588	melissa milano	84
melissa shoes	478	melissa manchester	78
melissa joan hart nude	396	melissa joan hart picture	78
melissa stark	265	dimarco melissa	72
melissa schuman	233	melissa arnold	71
melissa ethridge	205	melissa keller	70
mcknight melissa	151	melissa etheridge lyrics	66
melissa river	144	melissa joan	59
melissa princess	140	melissa joan hart pic	58
melissa sagemiller	140	melissa wolf	57
melissa sue anderson	138	melissa sweet	55
melissa ferrick	136	melissa auf der maur	53
melissa hill	132	barrington melissa	52
melissa ashley	131	archer melissa	52
melissa data	121	melissa hart	52
melissa joan hart naked	111	melissa virus	51
melissa george	101	melissa joan hart fake	51
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Melissa

Language		Translations for "Melissa"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Melisë. (various references)

Arabic		‏نحلة (bee), ‏عسل (honey), ‏إسم مؤنث. (various references)

Chinese		蜜蜂花. (various references)

Danish		melisse (balm, common balm, lemon balm), hjertensfryd (balm, common balm, lemon balm), citronmelisse (balm, common balm, lemon balm). (various references)

Dutch		melisse (balm, common balm, lemon balm), citroenmelisse (balm, common balm, lemon balm). (various references)

French		Miel, mélisse officinale, mélisse citronnelle, mélisse, Mélissa, Alternative microécologique d'assistance vitale, Abeille. (various references)

German		Melisse (balm), Zitronenmelisse (balm, common balm, lemon balm). (various references)

Hungarian		Mézfû, Méhfû. (various references)

Italian		melissa cetronella (balm, common balm, lemon balm). (various references)

Pig Latin		elissamay

Russian		Мелисса. (various references)

Spanish		Melisa (balm), toronjil (balm, common balm, lemon balm). (various references)

Turkish		Melisa (balm), Oğulotu (balm). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Melissa

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Melissa officinalis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: Melissa

Misspellings
	"Melissa" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Delissa, elissa, Maliza, Malizia, Meiss, Melica, Melismata, Melissani, Melissas, Melita, Melozzo, Melsa, Merissa, Mosissa, Nafissa, Selissa. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Melissa"

Words rhyming with "Melissa" (pronounced 'Me*lis"sa'): Abscissa, Amorosa, Annulosa, Ansa, Aporosa, Balsa, Bolsa, Bursa, Casa, fossa, Foussa, Ganesa, Gloriosa, Glossa, Lobosa, lyssa, margosa, Medusa, mesa, mimosa, Missa, Musa, Nassa, Oquassa, Paraglossa, Physa, Potassa, Ptenoglossa, Raghuvansa, Reticulosa, Rhachiglossa, Rhipidoglossa, Rugosa, Saccoglossa, Sarsa, Sessa, Siliquosa, Ursa, Vanessa, Vibrissa. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Melissa

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: aimless, samiels, seismal.
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-m-s-s"
	-1 letter: aisles, emails, lassie, mailes, mesial, missal, missel, salmis, samiel, slimes, smiles.
	-2 letters: aisle, almes, amies, amiss, email, isles, lames, lases, limas, limes, maile, mails, males, masse, meals, mesas, miles, mises, sails, sales, salmi, seals, seams, seism, semis, sials, simas, sisal, slams, slime, slims, smile.
	-3 letters: ails, aims, ales, alme, alms, amie, amis, elms.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-m-s-s"
	+1 letter: mailless, malaises, melismas, misdeals, misleads, missable, realisms, smilaxes.
	+2 letters: aimlessly, alienisms, allelisms, balminess, camisoles, dismalest, fishmeals, idealisms, lamisters, legalisms, manliness, massively, measliest, medalists, melanisms, melanists, messaline, metalises, metalists, misallies, misalters, mislabels, mislayers, mislearns, misplaces, mispleads, misvalues, moralises, musicales, selamliks, semolinas, serialism, simulates, smaltines, smaltites.
	+3 letters: admissible, alchemists, almsgivers, assemblies, assembling, assimilate, assoilment, clamminess, clematises, climaxless, damselfish, dismalness, dismantles, eclampsias, enamelists, facsimiles, feudalisms, formalises, glamorises, impassable, impassible, lamaseries, lesbianism, marbleises, masculines, medallists, mentalisms, mentalists, mescalines, mesnalties, messalines, milkshakes, misapplies, misclassed, misclasses, miserables, mishandles, misleaders, mislocates, misrelates, missileman, moniliases, musicalise, normalises, palimpsest, psalmodies, secularism, semestrial, semifinals, semimetals, semipostal, sensualism, serialisms, sicklemias, simulacres, sinsemilla, slimeballs, slipstream, specialism, stimulates, sublimates, surrealism, timescales, verbalisms, welfarisms.
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