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Carissa is a Greek loan name in Italian.

Specifically, the name is a feminine proper noun. It is found particularly in the extreme southern Italian and Sicilian areas in which Greeks settled in ancient times. The original meaning of the name is "beloved" (beneamata).

The pronunciation is "kah-REES-sah" in terms of the complete Italian name and "BEH-neh-ah-MAH-tah" in terms of the meaning in Italian.

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