Inessa

From Russian Ине́сса (Inéssa).

Inessa

1. A female given name

• Saines, anesis, anises, asines, sanies, sansei

From Ancient Greek Ἴνησσα (Ínēssa).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iˈneːs.sa/, [ɪˈneːs̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈnes.sa/, [iˈnɛsːä]

Inēssa f sg (genitive Inēssae); first declension

1. A Sicilian city situated at the foot of the Aetna

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• “Inessa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly