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alma

Syllables: al·ma/ˈæl.mə/

alma noun: an Egyptian female singer or dancing girl employed for entertainment or as a professional mourner.

Noun (1)

alma (plural almas or alma or awalim)

  1. An Egyptian female singer or dancing girl employed for entertainment or as a professional mourner.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Alma

Alma

  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 […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 18
  2. (Mormonism) One of two prophets, the Elder and the Younger, and a book in the Book of Mormon.
  3. An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama.
  4. A city in Crawford County, Arkansas.
  5. A ghost town in Santa Clara County, California.
  6. A statutory town in Park County, Colorado.
  7. A city, the county seat of Bacon County, Georgia.
  8. A village in Marion County, Illinois.
  9. A ghost town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
  10. A small city, the county seat of Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
  11. A city in Gratiot County, Michigan.
  12. A small city in Lafayette County, Missouri.
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  1. A small city, the county seat of Harlan County, Nebraska.
  2. An unincorporated community in Catron County, New Mexico.
  3. A town in Allegany County, New York.
  4. An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio.
  5. An unincorporated community in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
  6. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
  7. A town in Ellis County, Texas.
  8. An unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia.
  9. A small city, the county seat of Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
  10. A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
  11. A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
  12. A village in Albert County, New Brunswick.
  13. An unincorporated rural community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
  14. An unincorporated rural community of Wellington County, Ontario.
  15. A settlement in Prince Edward Island.
  16. A town in Quebec.
  17. A locality in the Shire of Central Goldfields, central Victoria, Australia
  18. Former name of Boudouaou, Algeria.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Alma

Alma

  1. (nonstandard) Nonstandard form of ALMA, acronym of Atacama Large Millimeter Array.

Noun (2) capitalized: ALMA

ALMA (plural ALMAs)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Asian land mammal age.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: ALMA

ALMA

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Atacama Large Millimeter Array (a telescope in Chile).

alma meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

alma in Hindi

अल्मा, आल्मा

alma in Tamil

அல்மா, ஆல்மா

alma in Marathi

अल्मा, आल्मा

alma in Urdu

الما, المہ, آلما
More languagesFewer languages
alma in Bengali
আলমা, আল্মা
alma in Telugu
ఆల్మా, అల్మా
alma in Malayalam
അൽമ, അൽമാ, ആൽമ
alma in Kannada
ಆಲ್ಮಾ, ಅಲ್ಮಾ
alma in Punjabi
ਅਲਮਾ, ਆਲਮਾ
alma in Gujarati
આલ્મા, અલ્મા
alma in Odia
ଅଲ୍ମା, ଆଲ୍ମା, ଆଲମା
alma in Nepali
अल्मा, आल्मा

Forms of alma

pluralalmas
pluralalma
pluralawalim
alternative formalmah
pluralALMAs

Origin of alma

From colloquial Arabic عَالِمَة (ʕālima, “a singer”), originally a feminine adjective meaning learned, knowledgeable, from عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”).

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.

Phrases with alma

Questions about alma

What does alma mean?
Alma means an Egyptian female singer or dancing girl employed for entertainment or as a professional mourner.
What is alma in Hindi?
Alma in Hindi is अल्मा, आल्मा. See Alma meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is alma?
Alma can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce alma?
Alma is pronounced /ˈæl.mə/.
What is the plural of alma?
The plural of alma is almas.

Words near alma in the dictionary

  1. allœopathic
  2. allœopathy
  3. allœosis
  4. allœotic
  5. alm
  6. alma
  7. alma mater
  8. alma maters
  9. Alma Park
  10. Alma-Ata
  11. almacantar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alma (page history and authors); Alma (page history and authors); ALMA (page history and authors); alma (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alma (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alma (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alma (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alma (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alma (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alma (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alma (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alma (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alma (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alma (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alma (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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