Rissa
See also: rissa
Translingual
Etymology
Uncertain. Believed to be from Icelandic rita
Proper noun
Rissa f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Laridae – the kittiwakes.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Charadriiformes – order; Lari – suborder; Laridae – family; Larinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Rissa tridactyla, Rissa brevirostris - species
References
- Gill, F.; Wright, M. (2006), Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
Finnish
Etymology
In Eastern Finland, a variant of Rissanen; in Western Finland, perhaps from a vernacular form of Swedish Sigfrid.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrisːɑ/, [ˈris̠ːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -isːɑ
- Syllabification(key): Ris‧sa
- Hyphenation(key): Ris‧sa
Proper noun
Rissa
- a Finnish surname
Declension
| Inflection of Rissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Rissa | Rissat | |
| genitive | Rissan | Rissojen | |
| partitive | Rissaa | Rissoja | |
| illative | Rissaan | Rissoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Rissa | Rissat | |
| accusative | nom. | Rissa | Rissat |
| gen. | Rissan | ||
| genitive | Rissan | Rissojen Rissain rare | |
| partitive | Rissaa | Rissoja | |
| inessive | Rissassa | Rissoissa | |
| elative | Rissasta | Rissoista | |
| illative | Rissaan | Rissoihin | |
| adessive | Rissalla | Rissoilla | |
| ablative | Rissalta | Rissoilta | |
| allative | Rissalle | Rissoille | |
| essive | Rissana | Rissoina | |
| translative | Rissaksi | Rissoiksi | |
| abessive | Rissatta | Rissoitta | |
| instructive | — | Rissoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Statistics
- The surname Rissa belongs to 121 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
- ^ Mikkonen, Pirjo; Paikkala, Sirkka (2000), Sukunimet, Helsinki: Otava, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Rissa
- A former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, merged with Leksvik in Nord-Trøndelag to form Indre Fosen municipality in Trøndelag county on 1 Jan 2018; the two counties were merged on the same day.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Rissa
- A former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, merged with Leksvik in Nord-Trøndelag to form Indre Fosen municipality in Trøndelag county on 1 Jan 2018; the two counties were merged on the same day.