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Cissy

American  
[sis-ee] / ˈsɪs i /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Cecilia.


cissy British  
/ ˈsɪsɪ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of sissy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy-winning gospel singer who was the mother of late pop titan Whitney Houston, died Monday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2024

Cissy Houston, renowned gospel singer and the mother of Whitney Houston, died on Monday morning at the age of 91, her family said in a statement.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2024

Cissy Houston, the two-time Grammy-awarded singer who handed down her pipes to her daughter, the late Whitney Houston, died Monday morning while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 91.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2024

In 2011, a judge approved and Cissy was interred alongside her husband at San Diego’s Mount Hope Cemetery - on Valentine’s Day.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 11, 2023

But according to Miss Cissy, when the officer had Marquette get out of the car, that boy had no problem walking a straight line.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

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