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Luisa (Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese) or Louise (French) is a feminine given name; it is the feminine form of the given name Louis ( Luis), the French form of the Frankish Chlodowig (German Ludwig), from the Germanic elements hlod "fame" and wig "combat".
Variations include Luisella, Luisetta, Luigia. Its popularity derives from the cult of Saint Louise de Marillac of Paris, and from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Luisa Miller.
The name may refer to:
- Luisa Miller, an opera by Giuseppe Verdi
- Giovanni da Verrazzano's name for Block Island and hence, Rhode Island
- Luisa Piccarreta also known as "Little Daughter of the Divine Will" is a proposed Roman Catholic saint
- Luisa Warrington, fictional character in UK soap opera Family Affairs, played by Clare Byam-Shaw
- Luiza, a song composed by Tom Jobim Antônio Carlos Jobim
Usage examples of "luisa".
Their three kids, Billy, Larry and Luisa, were flopped acrobatically around the living room avidly gooning at the television.
Through association of ideas, the women assaulted by the soldiery, made him think of Chichi and the dear Dona Luisa.
When uttering these words, Dona Luisa always saw Julio as he looked in a pale photograph which he had sent his father from the trenches — with kepis and military cloak, a gun in his right hand, and his face shadowed by a growing beard.
So finally the imposing automobile lumbered toward the South carrying Dona Luisa, her sister who hailed with delight this withdrawal before the admired troops of the Emperor, and Chichi, pleased that the war was necessitating an excursion to the fashionable beaches frequented by her friends.
Patriotic religiosity was putting Sainte Genevieve at the head of the favored ones, so from all these fiestas, Dona Luisa, tremulous with faith, would return in expectation of a miracle similar to that which the patron saint of Paris had worked before the invading hordes of Attila.
They wanted to see Don Julio on the most absurd pretexts, and at the same time improved the opportunity to chat with Chicha and Luisa.
The names of Emma Eames, Amelita Galli-Curci, Geraldine Farrar, Louise Homer, Luisa Tetrazzini and Ernestine Schumann-Heink were used very freely, and startling comparisons drawn, without much regard for whether these ladies had been sopranos or contraltos.