"Melissa" meaning in German

See Melissa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /meˈlɪsa/ Audio: De-Melissa.ogg
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”). Etymology templates: {{der|de|grc|μέλισσα||bee}} Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”) Head templates: {{head|de|proper noun}} Melissa
  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Melissa Categories (topical): German female given names, German given names
    Sense id: en-Melissa-de-name-oe~KLcAB Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (fc4f0c7 and c937495). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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