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Marissa, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 2141
Housing Units (2000): 992
Land area (2000): 3.716618 sq. miles (9.625997 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.195284 sq. miles (0.505783 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.911902 sq. miles (10.131780 sq. km)
FIPS code: 46955
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 38.246011 N, 89.752899 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62257
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Marissa

Marissa can refer to:

  • Maresha or Marissa, an ancient city in Israel
  • Marissa, Illinois, a town in Illinois
  • Marissa Township, St. Clair County, Illinois
  • Marissa (name), a female given name, including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name
  • Vita Marissa (born 1981), Indonesian badminton player
Marissa (name)

Marissa is a female name typically used in western civilization. It is a variation of Maris, which is Latin for 'of the sea'. It can also be spelled Marrisa, Merissa or Marisa. Marissa also means "little Mary" referring to the Virgin Mary.

Usage examples of "marissa".

By the time Marissa, Tristan, and Bentley got to the quay, the man had secured a motorized sampan.

The apparent dispute went on for some time, and as it did so, Marissa noticed that Bentley became progressively more agitated.

During the trip, Marissa sat next to Tristan while Bentley sat with Tse.

As far as Marissa was concerned, the organization had more the feeling of an academic institution than a federal agency, which it had officially become in 1973.

It was in one of the former neighborhoods, in the Druid Hills section, that Marissa had found a house to rent.

He extended his hand to wish her good luck, but Marissa was so preoccupied with the thought of possibly facing the deadly Ebola virus in less than four hours, that she walked out without noticing.

Marissa Blumenthal for the elucidation of the variables associated with the transmission of Ebola virus from primary to secondary contacts.

Nervous as she was, Marissa could not help being impressed by the luxurious carpeting and almost hotellike decor.

Gemma liked to joke that Marissa was her mid-life crisis, even though Marissa was just five years younger, and Gemma was only thirty.

Finally Marissa saw what Wendy had pointed to: a large green moray eel with its mouth open and its needlelike teeth bared.

MARISSA PEELED THE LAST of the breakfast fruit with the wooden-handled paring knife, leaving the knife and rinds on her night table.

Once Marissa completed the packing, making certain that all the screw caps were tightly in place so that carbon dioxide from the dry ice could not penetrate the samples, she personally rode out to the airport and sent the boxes on their way to Atlanta.

Beyond the town of Snellville, Marissa turned northeast on 84, and the landscape became more and more rural.

Marissa said, recalling that tampons turned out to be the basis of the toxic shock syndrome.

Edd and Erik shared a large, ramshackle heap and Jo-Jo had a neat tepeelike structure covered with beautifully plaited grasses that Marissa had helped him build.