Emma

//ˈɛmə// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
M in RAF phonetic alphabet British, World-War-I, dated

Proper Noun

1
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
"Both Saxon and Norman chroniclers unite in representing the youthful Queen Emma as in a peculiar degree gifted with elegance and beauty; so that many flattering epithets had been bestowed on her - as "the Pearl," "the Flower," or "the Fair Maid" of Normandy."

Example

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"Emma was much in evidence during the party."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Brought to England by the Normans; short form of compound given names beginning with a Frankish prototheme Ermin- or Irmin- "entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz.

Etymology 2

From Emma.

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