Alma
Americannoun
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a town in southeastern Quebec, in southeastern Canada.
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a first name: from a Latin word meaning “kind.”
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Alma Goya, 40, runs a small food stall nearby.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Perched on a pavement terrace with a colleague, a 38-year-old art teacher who gave her name as Alma said she had "never seen anything like it".
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
“Nothing fits together,” Alma says at one point, but they do in a funny way—not rationally, but intuitively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
“This is what we’ve been seeing,” said Alma Marquez, an organizer with the group Protect L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Like most in his church, secretary Alma Delia Jimenez Renteria says she has learned more from what the priest practices than what he preaches.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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