Alma

//ˈæl.mə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Latin, popular in the 19th century.

    "Alma she called was, a virgin bright:/ That had not yet felt Cupides wanton rage,/ Yet was she woo'd of many a gentle knight […]"

  2. 2
    Nonstandard form of ALMA, acronym of Atacama Large Millimeter Array. alt-of, nonstandard
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    Abbreviation of Atacama Large Millimeter Array (a telescope in Chile). abbreviation, alt-of
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    One of two prophets, the Elder and the Younger, and a book in the Book of Mormon. Mormonism
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    Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama.
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    Places in the United States:; A city in Crawford County, Arkansas.
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    Places in the United States:; A ghost town in Santa Clara County, California.
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    Places in the United States:; A statutory town in Park County, Colorado.
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    Places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Bacon County, Georgia.
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    Places in the United States:; A village in Marion County, Illinois.
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    Places in the United States:; A ghost town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
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    Places in the United States:; A small city, the county seat of Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
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    Places in the United States:; A city in Gratiot County, Michigan.
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    Places in the United States:; A small city in Lafayette County, Missouri.
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    Places in the United States:; A small city, the county seat of Harlan County, Nebraska.
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    Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Catron County, New Mexico.
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    Places in the United States:; A town in Allegany County, New York.
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    Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio.
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    Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
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    Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
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    Places in the United States:; A town in Ellis County, Texas.
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    Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia.
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    Places in the United States:; A small city, the county seat of Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
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    Places in the United States:; A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
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    Places in the United States:; A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
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    Places in Canada:; A village in Albert County, New Brunswick.
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    Places in Canada:; An unincorporated rural community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
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    Places in Canada:; An unincorporated rural community of Wellington County, Ontario.
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    Places in Canada:; A settlement in Prince Edward Island.
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    Places in Canada:; A town in Quebec.
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    A locality in the Shire of Central Goldfields, central Victoria, Australia
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    Former name of Boudouaou, Algeria.
Noun
  1. 1
    An Egyptian female singer or dancing girl employed for entertainment or as a professional mourner.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From colloquial Arabic عَالِمَة (ʕālima, “a singer”), originally a feminine adjective meaning learned, knowledgeable, from عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”).

Etymology 2

Usually explained as Latin alma (“nourishing, kind”). It has also been used as a short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the element Amal-, as in Amelia.

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