Alma

Alma

See also: alma and álma

English

Etymology 1

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.

Proper noun

Alma

1. A female given name from Latin, popular in the 19th century.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, stanza 18:

     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. (Mormonism) One of two prophets, the Elder and the Younger, and a book in the Book of Mormon.
3. Places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporatedcommunity in Clarke County, Alabama.
   2. A city in Crawford County, Arkansas.
   3. A ghost town in Santa Clara County, California.
   4. A statutory town in Park County, Colorado.
   5. A city, the county seat of Bacon County, Georgia.
   6. A village in Marion County, Illinois.
   7. A ghost town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
   8. A small city, the county seat of Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
   9. A city in Gratiot County, Michigan.
   10. A small city in Lafayette County, Missouri.
   11. A small city, the county seat of Harlan County, Nebraska.
   12. An unincorporatedcommunity in Catron County, New Mexico.
   13. A town in Allegany County, New York.
   14. An unincorporatedcommunity in Ross County, Ohio.
   15. An unincorporatedcommunity in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
   16. An unincorporatedcommunity in Lane County, Oregon.
   17. A town in Ellis County, Texas.
   18. An unincorporatedcommunity in Page County, Virginia.
   19. A small city, the county seat of Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
   20. A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
   21. A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
4. Places in Canada:
   1. A village in Albert County, New Brunswick.
   2. An unincorporatedrural community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
   3. An unincorporatedrural community in Wellington County, Ontario.
   4. A settlement in Prince Edward Island.
   5. A town in Quebec.
5. Former name of Boudouaou, Algeria.

Translations

female given name

Danish: Alma Finnish: Alma (fi) Galician: Alma (gl) f German: Alma (de) Hebrew: עַלְמָה‎ (he) ('álma) Latvian: Alma Norwegian: Alma (no) Serbo-Croatian: Alma Spanish: Alma (es) Swedish: Alma (sv)

Proper noun

Alma

1. (space science) Non-standard capitalisation of ALMA (Acronym of Atacama Large Millimeter Array.)

Anagrams

• Alam, Amal, amla, laam, lama

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Danish

Proper noun

Alma

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

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Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.maː/
• Hyphenation: Al‧ma

Proper noun

Alma n

1. A neighbourhood of Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands.

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Estonian

Proper noun

Alma

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

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Faroese

Proper noun

Alma

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Alma: Almuson
• daughter of Alma: Almudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Alma
Accusative	Almu
Dative	Almu
Genitive	Almu

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlmɑ/, [ˈɑlmɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlmɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Al‧ma

Proper noun

Alma

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Alma
   • 1984, Veronica Pimenoff, Loistava Helena, Tammi, →ISBN, page 44:

     —On tämä vähän hassua kun ei niistä tiedä mitään.
     —Nimet sentään. Jos jonkun nimi on Alma niin sen täytyy olla lihava.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension

Inflection of Alma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Alma	Almat
genitive		Alman	Almojen
partitive		Almaa	Almoja
illative		Almaan	Almoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Alma	Almat
accusative	nom.	Alma	Almat
	gen.	Alman
genitive		Alman	Almojen Almainrare
partitive		Almaa	Almoja
inessive		Almassa	Almoissa
elative		Almasta	Almoista
illative		Almaan	Almoihin
adessive		Almalla	Almoilla
ablative		Almalta	Almoilta
allative		Almalle	Almoille
essive		Almana	Almoina
translative		Almaksi	Almoiksi
instructive		—	Almoin
abessive		Almatta	Almoitta
comitative		—	Almoineen

Possessive forms of Alma (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Almani	Almamme
2nd person	Almasi	Almanne
3rd person	Almansa

Derived terms

• kassialma

Anagrams

• lama

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German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Alma f (proper noun, genitive Alma)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians during 1825 - 1850 . From Latin alma, and a contraction of Amālija.

Proper noun

Alma f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Alma was the only given name of 904 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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Lithuanian

Proper noun

Alma f

1. a female given name

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Alma

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

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Romanian

Etymology

From Hungarian Almás, from almás (“apple tree grove”), from alma (“apple”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Alma f

1. A commune of Sibiu, Romania
2. A village in Alma, Sibiu, Romania

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Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Alma

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalma/ [ˈal.ma]
• Rhymes: -alma
• Syllabification: Al‧ma

Proper noun

Alma f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

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Swedish

Proper noun

Alma c (genitive Almas)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Alma

Anagrams

• lama

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alma.

Proper noun

Alma

1. a female given name from English