Larissa

or La·ri·sa

[ luh-ris-uh; Greek lah-ree-sah ]

/ ləˈrɪs ə; Greek ˈlɑ ri sɑ /

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noun

a city in E Thessaly, in E Greece.

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How to use Larissa in a sentence

My mother, sister-in-law Larissa, and I sat together to curate a list of what would feature in our Christmas tray, or kusvar.
How I Tried (and Failed) And Tried Again to Master the Goan Bebinca Cake|Joanna Lobo|April 1, 2021|Eater
On hearing about our failed attempt, she invited Larissa and I over to try again with her.
How I Tried (and Failed) And Tried Again to Master the Goan Bebinca Cake|Joanna Lobo|April 1, 2021|Eater
Baking bebinca with Larissa reminded me that the joy in cooking comes from doing it with others.
How I Tried (and Failed) And Tried Again to Master the Goan Bebinca Cake|Joanna Lobo|April 1, 2021|Eater
When Larissa got married, the dog bit her husband seven times.
The name game: For these pets, inspiration came in many forms|John Kelly|November 23, 2020|Washington Post

And it is grieving for one of its congregation: Larissa Atanázio, who was 14.
Brazil's School Shooting: What Happened Inside|Dom Phillips|April 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Larissa MacFarquhar has an excellent, zillion-word piece in the current New Yorker about Kennedy.
How Hillary's Feeling About Caroline|Christopher Buckley|January 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST
One year he is making a raid into Macedonia and Thessaly and plundering Larissa.
Theodoric the Goth|Thomas Hodgkin
In the neighborhood of Larissa the events of war were protracted and balanced.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|Edward Gibbon
The fertility of Larissa tends, as far as it goes, to mark the Pelasgi as a people of cultivators, having settled habits of life.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3|W. E. Gladstone
Now it may have been the general rule to call the citadels of the Pelasgian towns Larissa.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3|W. E. Gladstone
From this it would appear that in the days of Homer, though there were many Pelasgi in various places, there was but one Larissa.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3|W. E. Gladstone