Alma

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Proper noun 1.2.1 Quotations 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Proper noun 3 Finnish 3.1 Proper noun 3.1.1 Declension 4 German 4.1 Proper noun 5 Norwegian 5.1 Proper noun 6 Spanish 6.1 Proper noun 7 Swedish 7.1 Proper noun

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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Alma

Plural -

Alma

1. A female given name, popular in the 19th century.
2. Places in the U.S., Canada, and several other countries.
3. (Mormonism) One of two prophets, the Elder and the Younger, and a book in the Book of Mormon.

[edit] Quotations

• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene: II:ix: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,

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aalm
• lama
• mala

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Alma

1. A female given name, cognate to English Alma.

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Alma

1. A female given name, cognate to English Alma.

[edit] Declension

Declension of Alma (type kala) singular plural nominative Alma – genitive Alman – partitive Almaa – accusative Alma Alman – inessive Almassa – elative Almasta – illative Almaan – adessive Almalla – ablative Almalta – allative Almalle – essive Almana – translative Almaksi – instructive – – abessive Almatta – comitative – – 1) Rare.

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Alma

1. A female given name, cognate to English Alma.

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Alma

1. A female given name, cognate to English Alma.

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Alma f.

1. A female given name.

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[edit] Swedish

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Alma

1. A female given name, cognate to English Alma.