Issa or ISSA may refer to:

People

  • Issa (name), a given name and surname
  • Issa (mythology), people in Greek mythology
  • Kobayashi Issa (1763–1828), a Japanese poet
  • Issa or Isa, the Arabic name for Jesus in Islam
  • Issa, another name for the Native American Catawba people
  • El-Issa family
  • Issa (clan), a Somali clan that mainly inhabits Djibouti
  • Jane Siberry (born 1955), Canadian singer who released several albums under the name Issa
  • Issa, the nickname of Luttif Afif, a leader of the Black September terror squad at the 1972 Olympic Games

Places

  • Issa (polis), the Ancient Greek and Roman name for both the town of Vis and the Adriatic island of Vis, in modern-day Croatia
  • Issa (Lesbos) (Ἴσσα), ancient town of Lesbos, Greece, formerly applied to the island as well
  • Issa (inhabited locality) (Исса), several inhabited localities in Russia
  • Issa, Penza Oblast
  • Issa, Pskov Oblast
  • Issa, Polish spelling of Isa (river) ()
  • Issa (Ghana), town in Ghana

Acronyms and abbreviations

  • Independent Schools Sports Association, now known as the Sports Association for Adelaide Schools
  • Information Systems Security Association
  • Instituto Superior de Secretariado y Administracion (ISSA), a center of the University of Navarra that trains elite management assistants
  • International Sailing Schools Association, an international association of sailing schools
  • International Sanamahism Students' Association, Kangleipak, an international association of the students of a traditional Meitei religion
  • International Social Security Association, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland
  • International Sports Sciences Association, an international organization of fitness experts which certifies personal fitness trainers
  • International Ship Suppliers Association
  • International Strategic Studies Association
  • Interscholastic Sailing Association
  • Irish Seed Savers Association
  • Islamic Solidarity Sports Association

Other uses

  • Issa (moth), a moth genus
  • Issa Album, 2017 album by 21 Savage
  • Issa (Belgariad), a divine character in David Eddings's fantasy series The Belgariad and The Malloreon

See also

  • Isa (disambiguation)
  • ISSE (disambiguation)
  • Issei