What is "nyssa"

Nyssa or nissa may refer to:

• the genus name for the tupelo tree
• Nyssa (name), a female name
  • Nyssa (Doctor Who), a companion of the Fourth and Fifth Doctors in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who
  • Nyssa Damaskinos, a vampire in the movie Blade II
  • Nyssa Raatko, a Batman supervillainess
  • Nyssa, a demigod daughter of Hephaestus and minor character in Rick Riordan's The Heroes of Olympus series
• Nyssa (Cappadocia), a Roman/late-Roman city, Turkey
• Nyssa (Caria), a Hellenistic city, Turkey
• Nyssa (Lycia), an ancient city, Turkey
• Nice, in France
• Caltanissetta, called Nissa in ancient times, in Sicily.
  • Gregory of Nyssa (born 335), 4th-century Christian bishop, theologian and saint
• Nyssa, Oregon, a city in the United States
  • Nyssa High School
• New York State Sociological Association (NYSSA), an organization of sociologists and community activists studying and or working in New York State

Nyssa is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. She is played by Sarah Sutton. Although Nyssa was created by writer Johnny Byrne for a single Fourth Doctor serial The Keeper of Traken, the production team subsequently decided she should be retained as a continuing character. Nyssa returned in the following serial, Logopolis, in which the Fourth Doctor regenerated, and remained as a companion of the Fifth Doctor. She was a regular in the programme from 1981 to 1983.

Nyssa is a feminine name with many meanings, including "goal" or "beginning" ( Greek), "sign" ( Hebrew), "friendly elf or fairy" ( Scandinavian), "woman" ( Arabic) and "end" ( Latin).

Nyssa may also refer to: Nyssa daughter of Hephaestus in The Heros of Olympus

• Nyssa, genus of tupelo, black gum, or pepperidge trees
• Several fictional characters bear this name:
  • Nyssa Raatko, a character in the Batman comic book series
  • Nyssa (Doctor Who), Nyssa of Traken from the British Doctor Who TV series
  • Nyssa Damaskinos from Blade II
  • Nissa Revane from Magic: The Gathering

For people named Nyssa, see Nyssa or Neisse.

Nyssa was a small town in Cappadocia. The Antonine Itinerary places it on the road from Ancyra to Caesarea, between Parnassos and Asiana, 24 Roman miles from Parnassus and 32 from Asiana. Ptolemy's Geography places it at 68°20' 38°40 (in his degrees) in the Prefecture of Murimene . The Synecdemus and the Notitiae Episcopatuum indicate that Nyssa was in the Roman province of Cappadocia Prima.