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Alma
//ˈæl.mə// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 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 Nonstandard form of ALMA, acronym of Atacama Large Millimeter Array. alt-of, nonstandard
- 3 Abbreviation of Atacama Large Millimeter Array (a telescope in Chile). abbreviation, alt-of
- 4 One of two prophets, the Elder and the Younger, and a book in the Book of Mormon. Mormonism
- 5 Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama.
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- 6 Places in the United States:; A city in Crawford County, Arkansas.
- 7 Places in the United States:; A ghost town in Santa Clara County, California.
- 8 Places in the United States:; A statutory town in Park County, Colorado.
- 9 Places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Bacon County, Georgia.
- 10 Places in the United States:; A village in Marion County, Illinois.
- 11 Places in the United States:; A ghost town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
- 12 Places in the United States:; A small city, the county seat of Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
- 13 Places in the United States:; A city in Gratiot County, Michigan.
- 14 Places in the United States:; A small city in Lafayette County, Missouri.
- 15 Places in the United States:; A small city, the county seat of Harlan County, Nebraska.
- 16 Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Catron County, New Mexico.
- 17 Places in the United States:; A town in Allegany County, New York.
- 18 Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio.
- 19 Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
- 20 Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
- 21 Places in the United States:; A town in Ellis County, Texas.
- 22 Places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia.
- 23 Places in the United States:; A small city, the county seat of Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
- 24 Places in the United States:; A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
- 25 Places in the United States:; A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
- 26 Places in Canada:; A village in Albert County, New Brunswick.
- 27 Places in Canada:; An unincorporated rural community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
- 28 Places in Canada:; An unincorporated rural community of Wellington County, Ontario.
- 29 Places in Canada:; A settlement in Prince Edward Island.
- 30 Places in Canada:; A town in Quebec.
- 31 A locality in the Shire of Central Goldfields, central Victoria, Australia
- 32 Former name of Boudouaou, Algeria.
Noun
- 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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