Definitions for alma
al·ma

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. almanoun

   An Egyptian singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment or as a professional mourner.

2. Almanoun

   Places in the U.S., Canada, and several other countries.

3. Almanoun

   A female given name from Latin, popular in the 19th century.

   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

4. Almanoun

   One of two prophets, the Elder and the Younger, and a book in the Book of Mormon.

5. Almanoun

   Places in the U.S.: An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. A city in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. A ghost town in Santa Clara County, California, United States. A statutory town in Park County, Colorado, United States. A city, the county seat of Bacon County, Georgia, United States. A village in Marion County, Illinois, United States. A ghost town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States. A small city, the county seat of Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States. A city in Gratiot County, Michigan, United States. A small city in Lafayette County, Missouri, United States. A small city, the county seat of Harlan County, Nebraska, United States. An unincorporated community in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. A town in Allegany County, New York, United States. An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio, United States. An unincorporated community in Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. A town in Ellis County, Texas, United States. An unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia, United States. A small city, the county seat of Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States. A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States. A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin, United States.

6. Almanoun

   Places in Canada: A village in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. An unincorporated rural community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada. An unincorporated rural community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. A settlement in Prince Edward Island, Canada. A town in Quebec, Canada.

7. Etymology: 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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Almanoun

   alt. of Almah

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Alma

   Alma is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alma

   Almah, al′ma, n. an Egyptian dancing-girl.—Also Alme, Almeh. [Ar. ‛almah, learned, ‛alamah, to know.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alma

   a river in the Crimea, half-way between Eupatoria and Sebastopol, where the allied English, French, and Turkish armies defeated the Russians under Prince Menschikoff, Sept. 20, 1854.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alma

   A river in the Crimea, near which was fought a great battle on September 20, 1854, between the Russian and Anglo-French armies; the Russians were defeated with great loss.

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1. alma

   Song lyrics by alma -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by alma on the Lyrics.com website.

2. ALMA

   What does ALMA stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the ALMA acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ALMA

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Alma is ranked #41359 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Alma surname appeared 526 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Alma.
   
   49.4% or 260 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   41.4% or 218 total occurrences were White.
   3.6% or 19 total occurrences were Black.
   2.8% or 15 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.5% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.1% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Anagrams for alma »

1. lama

2. mala

3. amla

How to pronounce alma?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say alma in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of alma in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of alma in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of alma in a Sentence

1. Yossi Ziegler:

   Professor Ordinarius of Oriental Languages and Professor Extra-Ordinarius of Theology at Alma MaterGiessen.

2. Cheryl Allen:

   How impartial and thorough this investigation will be is anyone’s guess, my concern is exactly what information will be shared with Pitt alumni and Pennsylvania taxpayers. Many questions remain unanswered. As an alumnus of Pitt, it troubles me to see my alma mater become a national hub for training students in controversial fetal experimentation, using staff employed by Planned Parenthood – the nation’s largest abortion business.

3. Kevin Stitt:

   He hit the ground running, working to deliver efficiencies in order to keep tuition flat for students and casting vision to grow OUs graduate research programs, galloglys love for his alma mater is evident, and I appreciate the time he gave to strengthen the foundation of this important university.

4. Tomoyuki Kudo:

   Some studies suggested the radius of the ring is about where [our] solar systems asteroid belt would be. Other observations put the size out where Neptune would be, our ALMA observations provided a clear answer: Both are right.

5. Marcel Neeleman:

   The fact that we found the Wolfe Disk using this method, tells us that it belongs to the normal population of galaxies present at early times, when our newest observations with ALMA surprisingly showed that it is rotating, we realized that early rotating disk galaxies are not as rare as we thought and that there should be a lot more of them out there. Thanks to ALMA, we now have unambiguous evidence that they occur as early as 1.5 billion years after Big Bang.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Alma
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alma
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=alma
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=alma
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Alma
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html