English

Proper noun

Selma

1. A female given name.
   • 1765 James Macpherson, The Poems of Ossian, Tauchnitz 1847, page 253:

     Happy are thy people, O Fingal! king of resounding Selma!

2. A surname​.
3. A city in Alabama
4. A city in California
5. A town in Indiana
6. A town in North Carolina
7. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada
8. A village in Switzerland
9. A city in Texas
10. A census-designated place in Virginia

Translations

Anagrams

• amels, lames, lamés, males, meals, mesal, Salem, semla

Danish

Proper noun

Selma

1. A female given name, cognate to the English Selma.

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlma/
• Rhymes: -ɛlma

Proper noun

Selma f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Selma: Selmuson
• daughter of Selma: Selmudóttir

Declension

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈselmɑ]
• Rhymes: -elmɑ
• Hyphenation: Sel‧ma

Proper noun

Selma

1. A female given name, cognate to the English Selma.

Declension

Anagrams

• Salme

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlma/
• Rhymes: -ɛlma

Proper noun

Selma f

1. A female given name

Declension

Norwegian

Proper noun

Selma

1. A female given name, cognate to the English Selma.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛw.mɐ/

Proper noun

Selma f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Selma

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish Selma), from Arabic سَلْمَى ‎(salmā).

Proper noun

Selma f ‎(Cyrillic spelling Селма)

1. A female given name

Swedish

Proper noun

Selma

1. A female given name, cognate to the English Selma.

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic سَلْمَى ‎(salmā).

Proper noun

Selma

1. A female given name