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Issa or ISSA may refer to:

People
  • Issa family
  • Issa-Aimé Nthépé, French sprinter
  • Isa Ali Abdullah al Murbati, Guantanamo Bay detainee
  • Issa Hentona, lead singer of J-pop band Da Pump
  • Issa Lish, Mexican model
  • Issa Sesay, a military leader in the Sierra Leone insurgency
  • Issa, the nickname of Luttif Afif, a leader of the Black September terror squad at the 1972 Olympic Games
  • Issa, a divine character in David Eddings's fantasy series The Belgariad and The Malloreon
  • Issa Diop, Issa (Senegalese singer), singer, songwriter, and record producer
  • Issa, the identity which Canadian musician Jane Siberry took upon changing her name
  • Darrell Issa, a Californian Representative
  • Kobayashi Issa, Japanese haiku poet
Other
  • Issa or Isa, the Arabic name for Jesus in Islam
  • Issa (polis), the Ancient Greek and Roman name for both the town of Vis, and Adriatic island of Vis, in modern-day Croatia; originating as the name of the Syracusan colony on the site of the town
  • Issa, another name for the Native American Catawba people
  • Issa (clan), a Somali clan that mainly inhabits Djibouti
  • Issa (moth), a moth genus
  • Issa (inhabited locality), several inhabited localities in Russia
  • Issa (clothing), London fashion company, participant in Fall 2008 fashion weeks
Acronyms and abbreviations
  • Independent Schools Sports Association, now known as the Sports Association for Adelaide Schools
  • Information Systems Security Association
  • Instituto Superior de Secretariado y Administracion (ISSA), a center of the University of Navarra that trains elite management assistants
  • International Social Security Association, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland
  • International Sports Sciences Association, an international organization of fitness experts which certifies personal fitness trainers
  • International Strategic Studies Association
  • Interscholastic Sailing Association
  • International Sanitary Supply Association
  • Irish Seed Savers Association
  • Israel–South Africa Agreement
Issa (clan)

The Issa (, ) are a Somali clan, a sub-clan of the Dir. Members primarily reside in Djibouti, Awdal in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, as well as the Shinile Zone located in the Somali Region of Ethiopia and is one of the largest clans of the Dir. Traditionally, they live as nomadic cattle breeders, but they also engage in trade and have contacts throughout the region. The populations of Six major cities of Djibouti: Djibouti City, Ali Sabieh, Arta, Dikhil, Holhol, Ali Adde and Assamo – are predominantly Issa and in Ethiopia: Dire Dawa, Ayesha, Adigale, Erer and Āfdem and Somalia: Zeila and Xariirad.

Issa (Senegalese singer)

'''Issa ''' (self-styled ISSA in caps, pronounced "e-suh", stage name of Issa Diop) is a singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Dakar, Senegal, his musical style blends various styles, including contemporary R&B, pop, and reggae.

Issa (moth)

Issa is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

Issa (inhabited locality)

Issa is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.

Urban localities
  • Issa, Penza Oblast, a work settlement in Issinsky District of Penza Oblast
Rural localities
  • Issa, Pskov Oblast, a village in Pushkinogorsky District of Pskov Oblast

Usage examples of "issa".

I was accompanied by Issa, my second-in-command, and the two of us stood draped in our long dark cloaks beside the gate.

I looked up to where a patch of stars glittered between the clouds and imagined the great Gods hovering in that upper air, and then Issa gasped and I looked down from the stars.

She came close to where Issa and I were standing and there she suddenly lifted that jet black shadow of a face to stare in our direction.

They touched Issa too, for he was another Warrior of the Cauldron, but when the crowd was gone he waited at the gate while I went to meet Merlin.

Then he was suddenly aware of my gaze and he looked down into the fields where Issa was training boys to be warriors.

I did not answer at first, but watched Issa shove his youngsters into a shaky-looking shield wall.

Arthur, Galahad, Culhwch, Derfel and Issa were the Dumnonians, the others were Cuneglas and his followers.

I first heard of his arrival when he began to preach outside the smithy beside the stream and I sent Issa and a pair of spearmen to stop his nonsense and bring him up to the hall.

Dun Caric I took Issa west to the caves where we held our most solemn ceremonies and there I inducted him into the worship of Mithras.

We needed new warlords, and I decided then and there that I would give Issa his own band of men as soon as the Saxon war was over.

Pyrlig made the flame by rubbing two sticks while Issa dribbled shavings of larch-wood kindling onto the spark that gave off a tiny wisp of smoke.

I ordered them to march fast and light, carrying only their weapons, and I warned Issa that he might expect to meet Argante and the other fugitives from Durnovaria coming north on the road.

I assumed Sagramor was retreating towards Arthur, Culhwch was coming from the south, and I would go north as soon as Issa returned with Argante.

If the Saxons could pick us off warband by warband then Dumnonia would fall like a rotted tree, and my warband, which was one of the strongest in the country, was stalled at Dun Caric because Issa and Argante had not appeared.

Issa while the rest of us walked the two miles across the fields to the Fosse Way, the great Roman road that Issa should have been using.