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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Allison

fem. proper name, a diminutive of Alice (q.v.), via Old French Alison. Popular in U.S. as a girl's name from 1990s, but all but unknown there before 1946; it was popular in England and Scotland 13c.-17c. As a surname, it could represent "Alice's son."

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Allison, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 1006
Housing Units (2000): 454
Land area (2000): 2.948636 sq. miles (7.636933 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.948636 sq. miles (7.636933 sq. km)
FIPS code: 01315
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.753466 N, 92.794599 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50602
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Wikipedia
Allison (surname)

Allison is a surname of English and Scottish origin.

When used as a given name it is traditionally masculine, as opposed to the feminine name Alison.

Alison, variant form Alizon, is a surname of French origin.

Allison (novel series)

is a Japanese light novel series by Keiichi Sigsawa, with illustrations by Kouhaku Kuroboshi. There are three Allison novels, with the third split into two volumes, published by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko label. The first novel was released on March 10, 2002, and the last novel was published on May 10, 2004. There is a follow-up series of light novels called Lillia and Treize which were released between March 2005 and April 2007. There is also an Allison sound novel for the Nintendo DS which was released on December 7, 2006. A manga adaptation by Hiroki Haruse started serialization in the shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Comic Gao! on July 27, 2007, also published by MediaWorks. The manga ended serialization in Dengeki Comic Gao! on January 27, 2008, but continued serialization in MediaWorks' seinen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh on March 21, 2008. An anime adaptation based on both the Allison and Lillia and Treize novels, known as Allison & Lillia, aired between April and October 2008.

Allison (band)

Allison is a Mexican Rock band from Mexico City, Mexico that formed in 2002.

Allison (Pulse station)

Hermitage-Meadow Station, located at the corner of Broad and Hermitage, will be the Richmond, Virginia bus station site of the GRTC Bus Rapid Transit route.

Usage examples of "allison".

In less time than it once took her heart to beat, Allison had the man by the front of his ragged, sweat-brittle flannel shirt and three inches off the ground.

Doubling over, Allison turned around and vomited nearly half her intake across the litter-strewn lot.

Gina snarled, looking at the hand being offered like it was a soup-bone and she was the pit bull Allison first mistook her to be.

Luci smiled back at Allison, but there was a trace of worry in the green eyes.

When the last echo died, Allison heard the heavy clump of boot heels coming down the hall.

If Gina and Luci were any indication of the kind of vampire Amazons she was up against, Allison would have been more than happy to put off meeting Miriam.

Just seeing her standing there made Allison feel the same way walking alone had once made her feel.

The pin snapped in half and shot across the room as Allison ripped the vest open.

Winking at Allison, she walked up to the man and laced her arm through his: Mr.

Luci moved closer to the bed, smiling, with her shimmering white-blond hair falling over her naked shoulder and making her look like the Angel Allison had first mistaken her to be.

Although Allison was standing off to one side, it was almost as if she was looking at him straight on.

Luci had picked out for her: Slit-to-the-thigh hip-hugger jeans and a plunging-to-the-belly-button sequined top and shoes that would make a podiatrist cream his shorts, Allison folded her arms over her breasts and squinted at the man gaping up at Gypsy.

Audio-Visual nerds Allison and her girlfriends used to laugh at in high school.

Let Allison get to know you before you fall to the floor and start talking in tongues.

He was to lift Allison off the street of Self-indulgence and Pride and set her firmly back onto her spiritual feet.