Alma

See also: alma and álma

English

Etymology 1

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

Alma

  1. A female given name, popular in the 19th century.
  2. (Mormonism) One of two prophets, the Elder and the Younger, and a book in the Book of Mormon.
  3. Places in the U.S., Canada, and several other countries.
    1. a city in Georgia, USA, and the county seat of Bacon County.
    2. a small city in Kansas, USA, and the county seat of Wabaunsee County.
    3. a small city in Nebraska, USA, and the county seat of Harlan County.
    4. a town in Allegany County, New York, USA.
    5. a small city in Wisconsin, USA, and the county seat of Buffalo County.
Translations

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Alma

  1. (space science) Non-standard capitalisation of ALMA (Acronym of Atacama Large Millimeter Array.)

Anagrams

Danish

Proper noun

Alma

  1. A female given name, cognate to English Alma.

Faroese

Proper noun

Alma

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Alma: Almuson
  • daughter of Alma: Almudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Alma
Accusative Almu
Dative Almu
Genitive Almu

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɑlmɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlmɑ
  • Hyphenation: Al‧ma

Proper noun

Alma

  1. A female given name, cognate with 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.

Declension

Inflection of Alma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
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
instructive — Almoin
abessive Almatta Almoitta
comitative — Almoineen

Derived terms

Anagrams

German

Proper noun

Alma f (genitive Alma)

  1. A female given name, cognate to English Alma.

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians during 1825 - 1850 . From Latin alma, and a contraction of Amālija.

Proper noun

Alma f

  1. A female given name.

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • Population Register of Latvia: Alma was the only given name of 904 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Alma

  1. A female given name, cognate to English Alma.

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Alma

  1. A female given name

Spanish

Proper noun

Alma f

  1. A female given name.

Swedish

Proper noun

Alma c (genitive Almas)

  1. A female given name, cognate to English Alma.
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