Larissa
- Ancient name
- Rhinocolura
- Modern name
- El-'Arīsh (Egypt)
- Modern country
- Egypt
- Coordinates
- 31.11, 33.8
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364299
Larissa—now the city of El-'Arīsh, Egypt—is a port on the Mediterranean coast of the Sinai peninsula, near the Egypt-Israel border and the Gaza Strip. Note that the range of spellings for Laraccia (Morocco), La Rassa (Egypt), Larissa (Egypt), Laleccia (Syria), and Laiazzo (Turkey) closely overlap in medieval Italian—and at least two of them, Laraccia and Larissa, share the same modern name (Arish or Al-Arish). Campbell #1535.
The toponym Larissa appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P083
Variant spellings of Larissa in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| arissa | Fn8 |
| Arissa | Ricc6 |
| La Rissa | Pad1 |
| la rusa | Ro2 |
| Lar[issa?] | Morg |
| laraffa | He3 |
| Larassa | BL02 |
| laressa | Chig1 |
| lari / ssa | Ricc1 |
| Laripsa cipta | Ricc6 |
| LARISA | Ashb3 |
| larisa | ME2, Magl4 |
| larisia | Urb1 |
| larissa | Bal, Barb3, Barb4, Borg, Cap1, Chig2, Clas2, Con1, Con4, Cors2, Cs1, Fn3, Fn9, Fo, He1, He2, Laur3, Laur5, ME2, Magl2, Marc2, Med1, Med2, NB, NYPL3, New, Pal8, Par1, Par4, Per2, Pnc5, Ricc12, Ricc13, Ricc15, Ricc17, Ricc8, Ro2, Spe, Tre, Urb1 |
| Larissa | BL01, Chig1, Clas2, Con3, Cors2, Cs1, Fn6, Fn8, Fn9, He1, Laur3, Luc2, MB, Magl2, Marc1, Morg, NB, NYPL2, New, Pad1, Pal5, Pal6, Par3, Par4, Parm2, Per2, Pnc4, Pnc5, Ricc11, Ricc13, Ricc14, Ricc17, Vat2, Vat3, Wie1 |
| lArissA | Ricc9 |
| larissA | Ricc9 |
| LARISSA | Med3 |
| Rarissa | Borg |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Larissa.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/larissa/.