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Melissa is a given name for a female. It has a Greek origin, meaning honey bee. Lissa is: the old Venetian name for the Adriatic island of Vis the old Latin name for the town of Leszno in Poland when it had a Moravian college and a gymnasium There have been two naval Battles of Lissa fought in the Adriatic Sea near the island of Lissa. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ... Melissa is a given name for a female, meaning honey bee in Greek. ... Look up Appendix:Most popular given names by country in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Female (disambiguation). ... The honeybee is a colonial insect that is often maintained, fed, and transported by farmers. ...

In 2006, Melissa was the 117th most popular name in the United States dropping steadily from 2nd in 1977. It was in the top 10 most popular names for girls from 1967 to 1984^[2]

In Greek mythology

In Greek mythology Melissa is the name of one of the nymphs who helped save Zeus from his father, Cronus. She hid him in the hills and fed him milk from Amalthea and honey. When Cronus discovered this, he turned her into a worm. After Zeus came into power, he changed her into a queen bee, not being able to change her from an insect form. The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the Ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. ... For other uses of nymph see Nymph (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Zeus (disambiguation). ... Not to be confused with Chronos, the personification of time. ... Amalthea, in Greek mythology, is the foster-mother of Zeus. ... For other uses, see Honey (disambiguation). ... Not to be confused with Chronos, the personification of time. ... For other uses, see Zeus (disambiguation). ...

Computing

• Melissa (computer worm), a mass-mailing macro virus
• Melissa (Security), (Méthode d'évaluation de la vulnérabilité résiduelle des systèmes d'information), is a now abandoned method for evaluationg the residual vulnerability of Information Systems.

The Melissa worm, also known as Mailissa, Simpsons, Kwyjibo, or Kwejeebo, is a mass-mailing macro virus, hence leading some to classify it as a computer worm. ...

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