Bliss

See also: bliss

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Blish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs

Proper noun

Bliss

1. An English surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname.
2. (rare) A unisex given name from English.
   • 2008, Joyce Carol Oates, My Sister, My Love, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 97:

     "Mother doesn't seem to especially like her little granddaughter as it is, even named 'Edna Louise'. D'you think she's going to like her better, named 'Bliss' like some sexpot pop star or some Indian-mystic asshole-charlatan?"
     Betsey winced. "Bliss" was a beautiful name!

3. (computing) a programming language used for systems programming primarily on computers produced by Digital Equipment Corporation. Bliss is a parallel language to C, both being derived from B and BCPL
4. A place in the United States:
   1. A ghost town in California.
   2. A minor city in Gooding County, Idaho.
   3. An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky.
   4. A township in Emmet County, Michigan, named after Aaron T. Bliss.
   5. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
   6. A census-designated place in the town of Eagle, Wyoming County, New York.
   7. Former name of Old Bliss, Oklahoma.