Riss

British  

/ rɪs /

noun

1. the third major Pleistocene glaciation in Alpine Europe See also Günz Mindel Würm

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Etymology

Origin of Riss

C20: named after the river Riss , a tributary of the Danube in Germany

Example Sentences

Riss Neilson, an author in Cranston, R.I., is 37.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The desire to laugh will never disappear," said Laurent Saurisseau – also known as Riss – a cartoonist who survived the 7 January attack with a bullet in the shoulder.

From BBC

But speaking in the run-up to the anniversary, Riss – who counted the dead among his greatest friends and says he does not go through a day without reliving the moment of the attack – refused to renounce hope.

From BBC

"When I talked with my engineers, five years back, none of them would have ever come up with the idea of electric furnaces, because the mathematics didn't make sense. But this has changed now," says Mr Riss.

From BBC

"What our clients are looking for is to have their product presented in an outstanding - sometimes iconic - way," says Thomas Riss, chief executive of Stoelzle Flaconnage.

From BBC