Selma

selma šelma šeļma English Etymology Taken to use in the 19th century when similar-sounding names, Elma, Thelma, Alma, Wilma, etc. were in vogue. Perhaps a shortening of Anselma, or from the name of a place in the James Macpherson's Ossian cycle of epic poems, itself from en gd sealladh + gd math good vision. In some cases perhaps borrowed from en tr Selma, from en ar سَلْمَى. en ar س ل م Pronunciation en /ˈsɛlmə/ en ɛlmə 2 Proper noun ~ en countable en female. en countable en. A placename en community s/Nova Scotia c/Canada. en village canton/Graubünden c/Switzerland. en place c/US. en city/county seat co/Dallas County s/Alabama ; named for James Macpherson's Ossianic poem The Songs of Selma. en Douglas Brinkley Selma’s historic bridge deserves a better name w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/05/opinions/brinkley-selma-bridge-john-lewis 2015-03-05 So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.” https://web.archive.org/web/20150426183918/https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/05/opinions/brinkley-selma-bridge-john-lewis en city co/Fresno County s/California ; named for early resident Selma Michelson.en eponyms en city s/Texas. en town s/North Carolina ; named for the city in Alabama. en town s/Indiana. en CDP co/Josephine County s/Oregon. en CDP s/Virginia. en unincorporated community s/Arkansas. en unincorporated community s/Iowa. en unincorporated community s/Kansas. en unincorporated community s/Missouri ; named for the place in the Ossian cycle. en unincorporated community s/Ohio. Translations female given name Arabic: ar سَلْمَى f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 塞爾瑪 Sài'ěrmǎ Danish: da Selma Faroese: fo Selma f Finnish: fi Selma Icelandic: is Selma f Norwegian: no Selma Persian: fa سلما salmâ Portuguese: pt Selma f Russian: ru Сельма f, ru Сальма f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Селма f Latin: sh Selma f Spanish: es Salma f Swedish: sv Selma Turkish: tr Selma f village in Switzerland Lombard: lmo Selme Noun en US politics figuratively A confrontation where authorities brutally repress those wanting civil rights, similar to en Bloody Sunday (1965) Bloody Sunday in en Selma, Alabama. 2020, Dane Smith, Star Tribune (Minneapolis), "Toward a better patriotism", 3 July 2020 Eventually, our place and response may be viewed as a historic turning point, another Selma for the nation and world. 2015, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Workers World, "Black and Brown unity in Alabama", 24 June 2015 Shelby County has become the new Selma. 1986, Daily Sitka Sentinel, Sitka Weekend, p.11, Friday 17 January 1986 "I don't know how many Selmas you have in your memory," she said. "I have a lot in mine." en 1965 The Fresno Bee p.60, Wednesday 21 July 1965 How Many Selmas? Still another city in the south Is learning the hard way that the Negro will settle for nothing less than first class citizenship. Coordinate terms en Bloody Sunday Anagrams en aelms Smeal Salem semla mesal Lemas almes males EMALS MELAS lamés lames amels Melas Males melas meals Smale leams Cebuano Etymology ceb :der<unc> ar:سَلْمَى + 1 Proper noun ceb proper noun ceb Danish Proper noun da proper noun da female Selma Estonian Proper noun et proper noun et female Selma Faroese Pronunciation fo /ˈsɛlma/ fo ɛlma Proper noun fo proper noun f fo female Usage notes f Selmuson Selmudóttir Declension Selma Selmu Selmu Selmu Finnish Etymology From fi en Selma. Pronunciation Proper noun fi female Selma Declension Selm a Statistics dvv_20250813 2434 657 231 References Anagrams fi aelms Salme Icelandic Pronunciation is ɛlma Proper noun @@ is female Declension f Norwegian Proper noun no proper noun no female Selma Portuguese Pronunciation Sélma Proper noun f pt female Selma Serbo-Croatian Etymology From sh ota سلمى selma (tr Selma), from sh ar سَلْمَى. Proper noun f sh female Declension Selm Further reading Swedish Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Selma.wav Proper noun c sv female Selma Anagrams sv aelms males samle semla smale Tagalog Etymology tl en -, from various similar-sounding female given names. Pronunciation Proper noun + tl female English Anagrams tl aelms masel Turkish Etymology tr :der ar:سَلْمَى + 1 Proper noun tr female Arabic