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alma¹

  • /ˈæl.mə/

Where it comes from

From colloquial Arabic عَالِمَة (ʕālima, “a singer”), originally a feminine adjective meaning learned, knowledgeable, from عَلِمَ (ʕalima, “to know”).

noun almas · alma · awalim · almah

  1. An Egyptian female singer or dancing girl employed for entertainment or as a professional mourner.

Alma²

Where it comes from

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

  1. 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 […]
  2. Mormonism One of two prophets, the Elder and the Younger, and a book in the Book of Mormon.
  3. An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama.
  4. A city in Crawford County, Arkansas.
  5. A ghost town in Santa Clara County, California.
  6. A statutory town in Park County, Colorado.
  7. A city, the county seat of Bacon County, Georgia.
  8. A village in Marion County, Illinois.
  9. A ghost town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
  10. A small city, the county seat of Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
  11. A city in Gratiot County, Michigan.
  12. A small city in Lafayette County, Missouri.
  13. A small city, the county seat of Harlan County, Nebraska.
  14. An unincorporated community in Catron County, New Mexico.
  15. A town in Allegany County, New York.
  16. An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio.
  17. An unincorporated community in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
  18. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
  19. A town in Ellis County, Texas.
  20. An unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia.
  21. A small city, the county seat of Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
  22. A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
  23. A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
  24. A village in Albert County, New Brunswick.
  25. An unincorporated rural community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
  26. An unincorporated rural community of Wellington County, Ontario.
  27. A settlement in Prince Edward Island.
  28. A town in Quebec.
  29. A locality in the Shire of Central Goldfields, central Victoria, Australia
  30. Former name of Boudouaou, Algeria.

Alma³

proper noun

  1. nonstandard Nonstandard form of ALMA, acronym of Atacama Large Millimeter Array.

ALMA⁴

noun ALMAs

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Asian land mammal age

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Atacama Large Millimeter Array (a telescope in Chile).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: spirit, soul, desire, mind, alba, abba, jabal, jebel, ananda, lifeblood, water, heart, ata, core, albanian, azerbaijani

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name female given name

EspañolAlma
DeutschAlma
עבריתעַלְמָה 'álma

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"alma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/alma. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

alma. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/alma

Chicago

"alma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/alma.

BibTeX
@misc{alma_2026,
  title = {alma},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alma},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}