Palma
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Palma. Doublet of palm.
Pronunciation
- enPR: päl′mä
- (Received Pronunciation, India) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːl.mɑː/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɑl.mɑ/; (also Canada) /ˈpɒl.mɒ/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈpɐːl.mɐː/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈpal.ma/
- Hyphenation: Pal‧ma
Proper noun
Palma
- A city and port, the capital of the Balearic Islands, Spain, on the island of Mallorca; in full, Palma de Mallorca.
- A town in Palma district, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.
Synonyms
Palma, Mallorca, Spain
Related terms
Translations
Palma, Mallorca, Spain
Further reading
- “Palma”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Palma de Mallorca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Palma, Mozambique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpal.mə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈpal.ma]
- Rhymes: (Central, Balearic) -almə, (Valencia) -alma
- Hyphenation: Pal‧ma
Proper noun
Palma f
- 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
- 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
- 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.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Palma |
| genitive | Palmae |
| dative | Palmae |
| accusative | Palmam |
| ablative | Palmā |
| vocative | Palma |
| locative | Palmae |
Polish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -alma
- Syllabification: Pal‧ma
- Homophone: palma
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
From palma.
Proper noun
Palma m pers
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Palma
Related terms
proper nouns
Proper noun
Palma f (traditional married form Palmina, traditional unmarried form Palmianka)
- a female surname
Declension
Declension of Palma
Etymology 2
Etymology tree
Polish Palma
Proper noun
Palma f
- 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
Declension of Palma
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Palma |
| genitive | Palmy |
| dative | Palmie |
| accusative | Palmę |
| instrumental | Palmą |
| locative | Palmie |
| vocative | Palmo |
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
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpaw.mɐ/ [ˈpaʊ̯.mɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpaw.ma/ [ˈpaʊ̯.ma]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpal.mɐ/ [ˈpaɫ.mɐ]
Proper noun
Palma f
- 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)
- a municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpalma/ [ˈpal.ma]
- Rhymes: -alma
- Syllabification: Pal‧ma
Proper noun
Palma f
- 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
- a surname