Melissa

[muh-lis-uh]

noun

1. Classical Mythology.,  the sister of Amalthea who nourished the infant Zeus with honey.

2. Also Melissie, Melissy a female given name.

Example Sentences

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season will probably be remembered mainly for Hurricane Melissa and the devastation it caused across Jamaica and Cuba.

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Scotland head coach Melissa Andreatta said: "The impact of bringing the World Cup to our nation would be felt for decades, driving participation, investment and equality at every level of the sport."

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Ms. Pitts’s revelation of Robin’s disappointments in her life—she works at a coffee shop, and made a mistake that poisoned her relationship with Melissa—is touchingly but unsentimentally rendered.

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Hurricane Melissa, one of the most powerful ever to hit the Caribbean, devastated entire regions of Jamaica and flooded Haiti and Cuba.

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Senior curator Melissa Blanchflower says the Margate gallery is "inviting the public to come and have this visual experience" and nothing replaces "being in front of the painting".

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