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Alma

The English word “Alma” has 10 meanings listed here.

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. An unincorporated community in Catron County, New Mexico.
  4. An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio.
  5. An unincorporated community in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
  6. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
  7. An unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia.
  8. An unincorporated rural community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
  9. An unincorporated rural community of Wellington County, Ontario.
  10. Former name of Boudouaou, Algeria.

Etymology

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.

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