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Alma is a Latin name which means "nourishing", a word in Spanish which means "soul", the Hungarian word for "apple", and a name for a young woman, a maiden, in Hebrew. Alma may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Name (disambiguation). ... The Nutrition Facts table indicates the amounts of nutrients which experts recommend you limit or consume in adequate amounts. ... For other uses, see Word (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Soul (disambiguation). ... This article is about the fruit. ...

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Places

Oche redirects here; in darts the oche is the line from which players must throw. ... Liege or Liège has several meanings: A liege is the person or entity to which one has pledged allegiance. ... Coordinates: , Country Province Area (2006)  - Municipality 60. ...

Australia

Alma is a small town in Victoria, Australia. ...

Canada

Alma is a village in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. ... Alma, or Alma Station, is a small rural village in southwestern Ontario, Canada. ... Alma (2006 Town population: 29,998[1]; CA Population 32,603; UA Population 25,394) is a town located on the southeast coast of Lac Saint-Jean where it flows into the Saguenay River, in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, approximately 175 km north of Quebec...

France

Pont de lAlma (Alma Bridge in English) is an arch bridge situated in Paris, sitting astride the river Seine. ... Combatants French Empire United Kingdom Ottoman Empire Russian Empire Commanders Jacques St. ... This article is about the capital of France. ...

Kazakhstan

  • Almaty, Kazakhstan, the largest city and former capital of Kazakhstan

Location in Kazakhstan Coordinates: , Country The Republic of Kazakhstan Province First settled X-IX B.C. Founded 1854 Incorporated (city) 1867 Government  - Mayor Imangali Tasmagambetov Area  - City 324. ...

New Zealand

Typical North Otago landscape, looking north from near Herbert The town of Oamaru, North Otagos principal settlement The district of North Otago in New Zealand covers the area of Otago between Shag Point and the Waitaki River, and extends inland to the west as far as the village of... The Alma River is located in Marlborough, New Zealand. ...

South Africa

  • Alma, Limpopo, a village in the Limpopo Province

Alma is a small town in the Limpopo province if South Africa. ...

Ukraine

  • Alma River (Ukraine), site of the 1854 Battle of Alma in the Crimean War

The Alma (Ukrainian and Russian: , Crimean Tatar: ) is a small river in Crimea. ... Combatants French Empire United Kingdom Ottoman Empire Russian Empire Commanders Jacques St. ...

United States

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Alma is a town located in Park County, Colorado. ... Alma is a city located in Bacon County, Georgia. ... Alma is a village located in Marion County, Illinois. ... Alma is a city located in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 797. ... Alma is a city located in Gratiot County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Alma College is a selective, private, liberal arts college located in the small city of Alma in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Alma is a city located in Lafayette County, Missouri. ... Alma is a city located in Harlan County, Nebraska. ... Alma, New Mexico is located in Catron County, New Mexico, north of Glenwood and south of Reserve. ... Alma is a town located in Allegany County, New York. ... Alma is a town located in Ellis County, Texas. ... There are a few other places named Alma in Wisconsin. ... Alma is a town located in Buffalo County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ... Alma is a town located in Jackson County, Wisconsin in the United States. ... Alma Center is a village located in Jackson County, Wisconsin. ...

People

Alma Angela Cohen, known as Alma Cogan (May 19, 1932 - October 26, 1966) was an English singer of traditional pop music. ... Alma Mahler Alma Maria Mahler-Werfel (née Schindler) (August 31, 1879 – December 11, 1964) was noted in her native Vienna for her beauty and intelligence. ... Thomas Andrew Tom Lehrer (born April 9, 1928) is an American singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician. ... According to the Book of Mormon, Alma (c. ... Book of Mormon (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints edition) The Book of Mormon is a sacred text of Mormonism first published in Palmyra, New York, USA, in March 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr. ... Alma the Younger (BoM Arabic الما بن الما Almā ibn Almā) was the son of Alma the Elder in the Book of Mormon. ... Book of Mormon (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints edition) The Book of Mormon is a sacred text of Mormonism first published in Palmyra, New York, USA, in March 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr. ... Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA (January 8, 1836, Dronrijp, the Netherlands. ... Alma Guillermoprieto (born May 27, 1949) is a Mexican journalist who has written extensively about Latin America for the British and American press. ... Alma Reville (August 14, 1899 – July 6, 1982 in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California) was an actress, assistant director and the wife of Alfred Hitchcock, whom she met while working as an assistant director on one of his first films. ...

Fictional characters

A list of characters & organizations is supplied here with descriptions of both characters and the organizations they belong to from the Monolith Productions computer game F.E.A.R. - First Encounter Assault Recon, it also includes details from the expansion F.E.A.R. Extraction Point. ... This article is about the computer game. ... Alma Halliwell (previously Sedgewick and Baldwin ), played by Amanda Barrie, was a fictional character on the soap opera Coronation Street. ... Michael (Mike) Vernon Baldwin was a fictional character on the soap opera Coronation Street. ... This article or section is suffering from tag overload. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ... Final Fantasy Tactics ) is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) for the Sony PlayStation video game console. ... Alma Hodge was a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. ... Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series, created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios - The Walt Disney Companys main television studio - and Cherry Productions. ...

Other

  • Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), an array of radio telescopes in Chile
  • Alma (1891), an 1891-built scow schooner now preserved in San Francisco, California
  • Alma (novel), a novel by Oswald de Andrade, 1922
  • Alma Cogan (novel), by Gordon Burn
  • Almas (cryptozoology), a Mongolian name for wild man (singular), a cryptozoological species
  • Alma (1926 automobile), an inter-war French automobile
  • Alma-0, a programming language
  • Alma (software tool), a software workshop for programmers
  • ALMA Magazine, Spanish language magazine for the Hispanic community in the U.S.
  • ALMA Awards, U.S. awards for Latinos performers
  • Alma mater, a term of academia
  • A name for the wild apple, malus sieversii, in Kazakh and Hungarian
  • The Book of Alma in The Book of Mormon
  • Association of Loudspeaker Manufacturing & Acoustics International (ALMA International), a professional organization for the global loudspeaker industry


 

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