Almas
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Mongolian алмас (almas, “a kind of wild man, the almas”).
Proper noun edit
†Almas f
- A taxonomic genus within the family †Troodontidae – a theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda - clades; Deinonychosauria, Troodontidae - family
References edit
- †Almas ukhaa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Almas at Paleobiology Database
English edit
Etymology edit
Various origins:
- Borrowed from Arabic أَلْمَاس (ʔalmās, “diamond”), a surname predominantly found in Pakistan.
- Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Almas, plural form of Alma.
- Borrowed from Hungarian Almás, from alma (“apple”), thus a metonymic occupational surname for a grower or seller of apples.
Proper noun edit
Almas (plural Almases)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Almas is the 37848th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 587 individuals. Almas is most common among White (69.34%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (16.01%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Almas”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 27.
Swedish edit
Proper noun edit
Almas