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Clarissa

Meaning

Latinate form of CLARICE. This was the name of the title character in a 1748 novel by Samuel Richard

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Famous People Named Clarissa

Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born January 27, 1945) is a first-generation American writer and Jungian psychoanalyst.

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Clarissa Oakes

Clarissa Oakes (titled The Truelove in the United States) is the fifteenth historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by British author Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1992.

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Clarissa

Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life.

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Clarissa Danforth

Clarissa Danforth (1792–1855) was the first woman ordained as a Free Will Baptist minister.

Clarissa (TV series)

Clarissa is a 1991 British period drama television miniseries starring Sean Bean, Saskia Wickham and Lynsey Baxter.

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Clarissa in Other Languages

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FrenchClair
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ItalianChiara
ItalianChiarina
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Late RomanClara
PortugueseClara

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