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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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
“At first, her face looks soft, almost childish, but then you see her eyes,” Alma says of Elisabet after they first meet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Alma Ronen has been fighting in the Israeli military nearly constantly for more than two years.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Jones died Sunday of a heart attack at his home in Virginia, his wife, Alma Viator, said on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
When Alma got to the door, she shrieked.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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