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Irma

Irma proper noun: a female given name from the Germanic languages.

Proper noun

Irma

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
    • - - -, she thanked God for Irma: thanked God that Irma's hair was rich and beautiful, that she had the aristocratic richness of a name like Irma and not the common poverty of a name like May or Flo;1939, Herbert Ernest Bates, The Flying Goat, Ulverscroft Large Print Books, published 1995, →ISBN, page 52
  2. A village in Alberta, Canada.
  3. A village in Lombardy, Italy.
  4. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.

Forms of Irma

alternative formErma

Origin of Irma

From German Irma in the nineteenth century. Short form of Germanic names beginning with irm(en)-, erm(en) "whole, entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz. Cognate with English Emma.

Questions about Irma

What does Irma mean?
Irma means a female given name from the Germanic languages.
What part of speech is Irma?
Irma is a proper noun.

Words near Irma in the dictionary

  1. Irlbecks
  2. Irlen syndrome
  3. irloxacin
  4. irls
  5. IRM
  6. Irma
  7. Irmentraut
  8. Irmino
  9. Irminones
  10. Irminonic
  11. Irmo

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