Alma
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
- 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, 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 […]
- (Mormonism) One of two prophets, the Elder and the Younger, and a book in the Book of Mormon.
- Places in the U.S., Canada, and several other countries.
- A city, the county seat of Bacon County, Georgia, United States.
- A small city, the county seat of Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States.
- A small city, the county seat of Harlan County, Nebraska, United States.
- A town in Allegany County, New York, United States.
- A small city, the county seat of Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A city in Gratiot County, Michigan, United States.
Translations
female given name
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Alma
- (space science) Non-standard capitalisation of ALMA (Acronym of Atacama Large Millimeter Array.)
Anagrams
Danish
Proper noun
Alma
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alma.
Faroese
Proper noun
Alma
- 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 |
Finnish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alma
- 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.
- 1984 Veronica Pimenoff, Loistava Helena, Tammi, →ISBN, page 44:
Declension
Inflection of Alma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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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 Almain rare | ||
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 | ||
abessive | Almatta | Almoitta | ||
instructive | — | Almoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
Anagrams
German
Proper noun
Alma f (proper noun, genitive Alma)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alma.
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
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alma.
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Alma was the only given name of 904 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Norwegian
Proper noun
Alma
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alma.
Serbo-Croatian
Proper noun
Alma
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alma
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alma f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alma.
Swedish
Proper noun
Alma c (genitive Almas)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alma.
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
Proper noun
Alma
- a female given name from English
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
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- English terms with quotations
- en:Mormonism
- en:Cities in Georgia, USA
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- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
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- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese given names
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- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlmɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑlmɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
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- Finnish given names
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