About Brooker Creek Headwaters Nature Preserve. Email this info to a friend Â». Containing the largest area of contiguous natural habitat remaining in northwest Hillsborough County, public ownership of this preserve ensures protection of important wildlife habitat and the siteâs wetlands, which serve as the headwaters of the Brooker Creek system.
It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Risa is laughter. Also a short form of names like Marisa. Rise (rih-ZAY) is a French form made familiar in the 1950s through the 1970s by opera singer Rise Stevens.arisa is the only popular variation form of Risa (unlisted) . This girl name was at the apex of its popularity in 1994 (usage of 0.855%) and is now significantly less popular, with Marisa becoming less fashionable. Displayed below is a comparison of the popularity of Risa and affiliated names.
Ok to make it 100% clear: the Hebrew meaning of Raya is a wife or literally a spouse ×¨×¢×× pronounced as Reaya. However, the name Raya has nothing to do with this. It's just a short (pet) name of Raisa (Jewish-Russian origin), which originally was formed as a short name of Rachel or Rachil in Yiddish.he told me that in her case it is a pet form of Raisa, but that because there are now many immigrants to Israel called Raisa the pet form Raya has morphed into a Hebrew name meaning (to quote her exact definition) bosom friend. She added that her own Hebrew name is not Rachel, as I'd assumed, but Ruth.