"Lisi" meaning in English

See Lisi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Lisis [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian and Sicilian Lisi. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it,scn|Lisi}} Italian and Sicilian Lisi Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Lisi (plural Lisis)
  1. A surname from Italian.
    Sense id: en-Lisi-en-name-rsy3jwmJ Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Etymology templates: {{wp|Lisi people}} Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Lisi pl (plural only)
  1. A member of any of three closely associated Chadian ethnic groups of mainly agricultural Muslims. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-Lisi-en-noun-H8wShznz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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