Palma

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Palma. Doublet of palm.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Palma

  1. A city and port, the capital of the Balearic Islands, Spain, on the island of Mallorca; in full, Palma de Mallorca.
  2. A town in Palma district, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.

Synonyms

Palma, Mallorca, Spain

Translations

Further reading

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Palma.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Palma f

  1. Palma, Palma de Mallorca (a city and port, the capital of the Balearic Islands, Spain, on the island of Mallorca; in full, Palma de Mallorca)

Faroese

Proper noun

Palma f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • Palma's son: Palmuson
  • Palma's daughter: Palmudóttir

Declension

singular
indefinite
nominative Palma
accusative Palmu
dative Palmu
genitive Palmu

Latin

Etymology

From palma.

Proper noun

Palma f sg (genitive Palmae); first declension

  1. Palma, Palma de Mallorca (a city and port, the capital of the Balearic Islands, Spain, on the island of Mallorca; in full, Palma de Mallorca)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈpal.ma/
  • Rhymes: -alma
  • Syllabification: Pal‧ma
  • Homophone: palma

Etymology 1

    From palma.

    Proper noun

    Palma m pers

    1. a male surname
    Declension
    proper nouns

    Proper noun

    Palma f (traditional married form Palmina, traditional unmarried form Palmianka)

    1. a female surname
    Declension

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Spanish Palma.

      Proper noun

      Palma f

      1. Palma, Palma de Mallorca (a city and port, the capital of the Balearic Islands, Spain, on the island of Mallorca; in full, Palma de Mallorca)
      Declension

      Further reading

      • Palma in Polish dictionaries at PWN
      • Paweł Kupiszewski (28 January 2016), “PALMA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
      • Palma”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030
      • Palma m1”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish], 2022
      • Palma f”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish], 2022

      Portuguese

      Pronunciation

       
      • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpal.mɐ/ [ˈpaɫ.mɐ]

      Proper noun

      Palma f

      1. Palma, Palma de Mallorca (a city and port, the capital of the Balearic Islands, Spain, on the island of Mallorca; in full, Palma de Maiorca)
      2. a municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil

      Spanish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈpalma/ [ˈpal.ma]
      • Rhymes: -alma
      • Syllabification: Pal‧ma

      Proper noun

      Palma f

      1. Palma, Palma de Mallorca (a city and port, the capital of the Balearic Islands, Spain, on the island of Mallorca; in full, Palma de Mallorca)

      Proper noun

      Palma m or f by sense

      1. a surname