Alma

== English == === Pronunciation === === 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 A female given name from Latin, popular in the 19th century. (Mormonism) One of two prophets, the Elder and the Younger, and a book in the Book of Mormon. Places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama. A city in Crawford County, Arkansas. A ghost town in Santa Clara County, California. A statutory town in Park County, Colorado. A city, the county seat of Bacon County, Georgia. A village in Marion County, Illinois. A ghost town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. A small city, the county seat of Wabaunsee County, Kansas. A city in Gratiot County, Michigan. A small city in Lafayette County, Missouri. A small city, the county seat of Harlan County, Nebraska. An unincorporated community in Catron County, New Mexico. A town in Allegany County, New York. An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio. An unincorporated community in Stephens County, Oklahoma. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon. A town in Ellis County, Texas. An unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia. A small city, the county seat of Buffalo County, Wisconsin. A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin. A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin. Places in Canada: A village in Albert County, New Brunswick. An unincorporated rural community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. An unincorporated rural community of Wellington County, Ontario. A settlement in Prince Edward Island. A town in Quebec. A locality in the Shire of Central Goldfields, central Victoria, Australia Former name of Boudouaou, Algeria. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Alma (space science) Nonstandard form of ALMA, acronym of Atacama Large Millimeter Array. === Anagrams === amla, Alam, lama, Amal, laam, Lama, mala, LAMA == Albanian == === Proper noun === Alma f a female given name == Danish == === Proper noun === Alma a female given name, equivalent to English Alma == Dutch == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑl.maː/ Hyphenation: Al‧ma === Proper noun === Alma n a neighbourhood of Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands == Estonian == === Proper noun === Alma (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide]) a female given name, equivalent to English Alma == Faroese == === Proper noun === Alma a female given name, equivalent to English Alma ==== Usage notes ==== Matronymics son of Alma: Almuson daughter of Alma: Almudóttir ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From Latin alma, but see also English Alma. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑlmɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lmɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑlmɑ Syllabification(key): Al‧ma Hyphenation(key): Al‧ma === Proper noun === Alma a female given name, equivalent to English Alma ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== Alma is the 187th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 3,301 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,740 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === Anagrams === lama == German == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Alma f (proper noun, genitive Alma) a female given name, equivalent 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 a female given name, equivalent to English Alma === References === Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN [1] Population Register of Latvia: Alma was the only given name of 904 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010. == Lithuanian == === Proper noun === Alma f a female given name == Norwegian == === Proper noun === Alma a female given name, equivalent to English Alma == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hungarian Almás, from almás (“apple tree grove”), from alma (“apple”). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Alma f a commune of Sibiu County, Romania a village in Alma, Sibiu County, Romania == Serbo-Croatian == === Proper noun === Alma a female given name, equivalent to English Alma ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Alma”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈalma/ [ˈal.ma] Rhymes: -alma Syllabification: Al‧ma === Proper noun === Alma f a female given name, equivalent to English Alma == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Alma c (genitive Almas) a female given name, equivalent to English Alma === Anagrams === lama == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Alma. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔalma/ [ˈʔal.mɐ] Rhymes: -alma Syllabification: Al‧ma === Proper noun === Alma (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜋ) a female given name from English === Anagrams === alam