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Uma

Uma proper noun: one of the names of Hindu goddess Parvati. Also the alternative form of Umwa.

Proper noun

Uma

  1. (Hinduism) One of the names of Hindu goddess Parvati.
  2. A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.

Noun (1)

Uma (plural Umas)

  1. (endearing, slang) Any of the horse girl characters from Umamusume.
    • Agnes Tachyon is my favorite Uma.

Noun (2) capitalized: UMA

UMA (countable and uncountable, plural UMAs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of unified memory access.
  2. (abbreviation, dated, initialism) Initialism of upper memory area.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of union membership agreement.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of unidentified mysterious animal.

Also used as

Uma is also the alternative form of Umwa.

Uma is also the clipping of Umamusume.

Forms of Uma

pluralUmas
pluralUMAs

Origin of Uma

Sense 1 is from Sanskrit उमा (umā).

From the name of the Umamusume: Pretty Derby franchise, from Japanese 馬 (uma, “a horse”) + 娘 (musume, “a girl”).

Questions about Uma

What does Uma mean?
Uma means one of the names of Hindu goddess Parvati.
What part of speech is Uma?
Uma can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Uma in the dictionary

  1. Ulúa
  2. um
  3. um, actually
  4. um-
  5. um-hum
  6. Uma
  7. umada
  8. Umag
  9. umagite
  10. Umali
  11. Umalis

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