ISA

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see also: Isa

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Noun

ISA (plural ISAs)

1. (computing) Instruction set architecture.
2. (UK, finance) Individual Savings Account, a financial account for investment with special tax rules.
3. (accounting) International Standard on Auditing, one of a set of professional standards for the performance of audits of financial information issued by the IAASB.
4. isosaccharinic acid

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Isa

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Proper noun

1. A female given name or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name.
   • 1885 Arthur's Home Magazine, Volume 53, page 165:

     Even "Liz" brought little to his memory; though he said: "The name does recall the fact of a sister. But why call her Isa?" "Just as easy as Liz, or any of the lot, Eliza, Elizabeth, Betsy and Bess. Isa, that's, I think, a sort of a city name," Lee said, with a shadow of a smile.

   • 2010 Margaret Forster, Isa & May, Chatto & Windus, ISBN 9780701184667, page 5:

     It's an awkward name: Isamay, pronounced Is-a-may. Isa is my paternal grandmother's name (shortened from Isabel) and May my maternal grandmother's (it comes, somehow, from Margaret). The amalgamation is, as you see, strictly alphabetical. Life, I feel, would have been much easier if they had chosen Maybel.

Proper noun

1. A male given name mainly used by Muslims.

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