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Elma

Elma proper noun: a female given name originating as a coinage.

Proper noun

Elma

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
  2. A city in Iowa.
  3. A town and hamlet therein, in Erie County, New York.
  4. A city in Washington.

Noun capitalized: ELMA

ELMA (plural ELMAs)

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

Forms of Elma

pluralELMAs

Origin of Elma

A 19th-century creation, usually explained as a form of Wilhelmina or Italian Guglielma. It has also been recorded as a blend of Elizabeth and Mary.

Questions about Elma

What does Elma mean?
Elma means a female given name originating as a coinage.
What part of speech is Elma?
Elma can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Elma in the dictionary

  1. elm sawflies
  2. elm sawfly
  3. elm tree
  4. elm trees
  5. elm yellows
  6. Elma
  7. Elman
  8. Elman network
  9. Elmans
  10. ELMAs
  11. Elmbridge

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Elma (page history and authors); ELMA (page history and authors). 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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