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alma

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What does alma mean?

noun

  1. An Egyptian female singer or dancing girl employed for entertainment or as a professional mourner.
  2. Acronym of Asian land mammal age.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Latin, popular in the 19th century.
More meanings (31)

proper noun

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

/ˈɑlmə/

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Now they were desirous to become even as Alma and his brethren, who had fled into the wilderness.
Joseph, Jr. Smith; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsThe Book of Mormon : $b an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of NephiProject Gutenberg ebook #17
This ring is the signet that binds the class to their Alma Mater, and to each other.
Henry Ossian FlipperHenry Ossian Flipper, the Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U.S.A., First Graduate of Color from the U.S. Military AcademyProject Gutenberg ebook #2448
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Mackay thought it might be a good habit for the graduates of his own alma mater across the wide sea to adopt.
Mary Esther Miller MacGregorThe Black-Bearded Barbarian : The Life of George Leslie Mackay of FormosaProject Gutenberg ebook #1759
Then the wool-white yarn is dyed in colors symbolizing the strength of the navy, the loyalty of the army or the honor of the alma mater.
Robert S. (Robert Sproul) CarrollOur Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of NervousnessProject Gutenberg ebook #5994
The region has been "rushed," and mining camps have risen at Alma and elsewhere, so lawless and brutal that vigilance committees are forming as a matter of necessity.
Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) BirdA Lady's Life in the Rocky MountainsProject Gutenberg ebook #755