Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A female given name from Latin, popular in the 19th century. · One of two prophets, the Elder and the Younger, and a book in the Book of Mormon. · An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama. · A city in Crawford County, Arkansas.
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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- Derivation mentionalmala
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