English Explanatory Dictionary

alma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Egyptian female singer or dancing girl employed for entertainment or as a professional mourner.
name
  1. A female given name from Latin, popular in the 19th century.
  2. One of two prophets, the Elder and the Younger, and a book in the Book of Mormon.
  3. Places in the United States:
  4. An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama.
  5. A city in Crawford County, Arkansas.
  6. A ghost town in Santa Clara County, California.
  7. A statutory town in Park County, Colorado.
  8. A city, the county seat of Bacon County, Georgia.
  9. A village in Marion County, Illinois.
  10. A ghost town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
  11. A small city, the county seat of Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
  12. A city in Gratiot County, Michigan.
name
  1. Nonstandard form of ALMA, acronym of Atacama Large Millimeter Array.
noun
  1. Acronym of Asian land mammal age.
name
  1. Abbreviation of Atacama Large Millimeter Array (a telescope in Chile).

Pronunciation

/ˈæl.mə/ en-us-alma.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Alma.wav

Word forms

alma almas awalim almah

Etymology

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

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