What does selma mean?
Definitions for selma
ˈsɛl məsel·ma
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word selma.
Princeton's WordNet
Selmanoun
a town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters
Wiktionary
Selmanoun
A female given name.
Selmanoun
A surname.
Selmanoun
A city, the county seat of Dallas County, Alabama; named for James Macpherson's Ossianic poem The Songs of Selma.
Selmanoun
A city in California; named for early resident Selma Michelson.
Selmanoun
A city in Texas.
Selmanoun
A town in North Carolina; named for the city in Alabama.
Selmanoun
A town in Indiana.
Selmanoun
A census-designated place in Oregon.
Selmanoun
A census-designated place in Virginia.
Selmanoun
A village in Graubünden, Switzerland.
Selmanoun
A community in Nova Scotia.
Selmanoun
An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
Selmanoun
An unincorporated community in Iowa.
Selmanoun
An unincorporated community in Kansas.
Selmanoun
An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the place in the Ossian cycle.
Selmanoun
An unincorporated community in Ohio.
Etymology: Taken to use in the 19th century when similar-sounding names, Elma, Thelma, Alma, Wilma, etc. were in vogue. Perhaps a shortening of Anselma, or from the name of a place in the James Macpherson's Ossian cycle of epic poems, itself from Scottish Gaelic sealladh + math ("good vision"). In some cases perhaps borrowed from Turkish Selma, from Arabic سَلْمَى (salmā).
Wikipedia
Selma
Selma is a rock ballad recorded in former Yugoslavia by the influential Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme. This song appeared for the first time on their 1974 debut album Kad bi bio bijelo dugme.
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selma
Selma is a name of Arabic, Celtic, and Teutonic origin, commonly used for females. It has various suggested meanings such as "fair," "beautiful," "safe," and "protected by God." However, in many contexts, Selma is known as a city in Alabama, U.S.A, notable for being a center of civil rights activities in the 1960s, especially the Selma to Montgomery marches for voting rights led by Martin Luther King Jr.
Wikidata
Selma
Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, in the blackbelt region of lower west Alabama. Located on the banks of the Alabama River, it has a population of 20,756 as of the 2010 census. The city is best known for the 1965 Selma Voting Rights Movement and the Selma to Montgomery marches that originated in the city.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SELMA
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Selma is ranked #118853 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Selma surname appeared 146 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Selma.
54.1% or 79 total occurrences were Black.
21.9% or 32 total occurrences were White.
13.7% or 20 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
9.5% or 14 total occurrences were Asian.
Anagrams for selma »
amels
lames
lamés
males
meals
mesal
Salem
semla
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of selma in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of selma in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of selma in a Sentence
Selma is not just about commemorating the past, it's about honoring the legends who helped change this country through your actions today, in the here and now, selma is now.
This is our Selma.
It is good to be in Selma, Alabama, one more time, to take a little walk to try to dramatize the need for the rights of all our people to be able to participate in the democratic process.
I ask everyone's forgiveness as I go on this journey in life. Oh, I'm sure I'll be canceled many times, introducing, Selma Blair.
What is important not to lose sight of is that 'Selma,' which is a fantastic motion picture, was nominated for best picture this year, and the best picture category is voted on by the entire membership of around 7,000 people.
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