Nissa

Latin

Etymology

From Sicilian Nissa, itself from Arabic قَلْعَة النِسَاء (qalʕa an-nisāʔ, “Fortress of the Women”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnis.sa/, [ˈnɪs̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnis.sa/, [ˈnisːä]

Proper noun

Nissa f sg (genitive Nissae); first declension

1. (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Caltanissetta (a town in Sicily, Italy)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nissa
Genitive	Nissae
Dative	Nissae
Accusative	Nissam
Ablative	Nissā
Vocative	Nissa
Locative	Nissae