Alma
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
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 United States:
- An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama.
- A city in Crawford County, Arkansas.
- A ghost town in Santa Clara County, California.
- A statutory town in Park County, Colorado.
- A city, the county seat of Bacon County, Georgia.
- A village in Marion County, Illinois.
- A ghost town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
- A small city, the county seat of Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
- A city in Gratiot County, Michigan.
- A small city in Lafayette County, Missouri.
- A small city, the county seat of Harlan County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Catron County, New Mexico.
- A town in Allegany County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
- A town in Ellis County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia.
- A small city, the county seat of Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
- Places in Canada:
- A village in Albert County, New Brunswick.
- An unincorporated rural community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
- An unincorporated rural community in Wellington County, Ontario.
- A settlement in Prince Edward Island.
- A town in Quebec.
- Former name of Boudouaou, Algeria.
Translations edit
female given name
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Alma
- (space science) Non-standard capitalisation of ALMA (Acronym of Atacama Large Millimeter Array.)
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Proper noun edit
Alma
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alma
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Alma n
- A neighbourhood of Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Estonian edit
Proper noun edit
Alma (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alma
Faroese edit
Proper noun edit
Alma
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alma
Usage notes edit
Matronymics
- son of Alma: Almuson
- daughter of Alma: Almudóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Alma |
Accusative | Almu |
Dative | Almu |
Genitive | Almu |
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin alma, but see also English Alma.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
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.- —It is a bit funny when you don't know anything of them.
—Well, the name. If someone's Alma she's got to be fat.
- —It is a bit funny when you don't know anything of them.
Declension edit
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 Almainrare | ||
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 edit
compounds
Statistics edit
- Alma is the 205th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,951 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,600 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams edit
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Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Alma f (proper noun, genitive Alma)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alma
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
First recorded as a given name of Latvians during 1825 - 1850 . From Latin alma, and a contraction of Amālija.
Proper noun edit
Alma f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alma
References edit
Lithuanian edit
Proper noun edit
Alma f
- a female given name
Norwegian edit
Proper noun edit
Alma
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alma
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hungarian Almás, from almás (“apple tree grove”), from alma (“apple”).
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Proper noun edit
Alma f
Serbo-Croatian edit
Proper noun edit
Alma
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alma
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Alma f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alma
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Alma c (genitive Almas)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Alma
Anagrams edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔalma/ [ˈʔal.mɐ]
- Rhymes: -alma
- Syllabification: Al‧ma
Proper noun edit
Alma (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋ)
- a female given name from English