• IPA: /ˈæl.mə/

alma (plural almas)

1. An Egyptian singer or dancing-girl employed for entertainment or as a professional mourner.

1. A female given name, popular in the 19th century.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: Printed [by John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938 ↗, book II, canto IX, stanza 18:

     Alma she called was, a virgin bright:/ That had not yet felt Cupides wanton rage,/ Yet was she woo'd of many a gentle knight {{...}

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.:
   1. An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama.
   2. A city in Crawford County, Arkansas.
   3. A ghost town in Santa Clara County, California.
   4. A statutory town in Park County, Colorado.
   5. A city/county seat in Bacon County, Georgia.
   6. A village in Marion County, Illinois.
   7. A ghost town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
   8. A small city/county seat in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
   9. A city in Gratiot County, Michigan.
   10. A small city in Lafayette County, Missouri.
   11. A small city/county seat in Harlan County, Nebraska.
   12. An unincorporated community in Catron County, New Mexico.
   13. A town in Allegany County, New York.
   14. An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio.
   15. An unincorporated community in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
   16. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
   17. A town in Ellis County, Texas.
   18. An unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia.
   19. A small city/county seat in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
   20. A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
   21. A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
4. Places in Canada:
   1. A village in Albert County, New Brunswick.
   2. An unincorporated rural community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
   3. An unincorporated rural community in Wellington County, Ontario.
   4. A settlement in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
   5. A town in Quebec, Canada.

• German: Alma
• Spanish: Alma

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