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Clarissa

American  
[kluh-ris-uh] / kləˈrɪs ə /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Clara.


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“The economic priorities dominate,” said Clarissa Martínez De Castro, vice president of the group’s Latino Vote Initiative.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

Joyce’s Leopold Bloom and Woolf’s Peter Walsh “are wanderers like Odysseus. Molly Bloom and Clarissa Dalloway are the women to whom Bloom and Peter return, as Odysseus returns to Penelope.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Her sister, Clarissa Cervantes, serves as a city council member in Riverside and her father, Greg Cervantes, is the former mayor of Coachella.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025

She also mentioned the Inland Empire’s 58th Assembly District, where first-time candidate Leticia Castillo beat Clarissa Cervantes, the sister of state senator and former Latino Legislative Caucus chair Sabrina Cervantes, by just 596 votes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

Clarissa cleared her throat, faked a smile, and gave a high-pitched glittery laugh.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

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