Selma

Definition: Selma

Selma

Noun

1. A city in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters.

"Selma" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "God", "a helmet", "a protection".

Date "Selma" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Crosswords: Selma

Non-English Usage: "Selma" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Hungarian (rogue).

Selma is the name of a number of places in the United States of America:

Selma, Alabama
Selma, Indiana
Selma, North Carolina
Selma, Oregon

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Aunt Selma, this may be presumptuous, but have you ever considered artificial insemination? (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)
Lyrics	And Selma, yeah she's all right (Storybook Life; performing artist: Blessid Union Of Souls)
Movie/TV Titles	Rundt om Selma (1971) Selma Brøter (1970) Sete Balas para Selma (1967)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Black in Selma (reference) From Selma to Appomattox: The History of the Jeff Davis Artillery (reference) Selected Writings of Selma Fraiberg (reference) Selma Lagerlöf's Words of Love and Wisdom (reference) Simpsons Pop-Out People #2: Fish Called Selma (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Selma Times-journal (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	[Early 18th century library] / Josef Camaron lo inventó. Fern. Selma lo gravó.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Reproduction of an 1864 pen & ink drawing by George S. Waterman, C.S.N., depicting the action as seen from above and inside the entrance to Mobile Bay. Confederate ships present are (as identified on the drawing): Selma, Morgan, Gaines (shown twice, in the battle line, and beached off Fort Morgan after the battle) and Tennessee. Union monitors shown are (from the front of the line): Tecumseh (sinking after striking a mine), Manhattan, Winnebago and Chickasaw. The leading two steam sloops in the Union line are Brooklyn and Hartford. Small diagram in the lower right represents the various efforts by Union ships to ram the Tennessee later in the action.Credit: NAVY.
	A Civil War period photograph. He commanded CSS Selma during the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Note sword in his right hand.Credit: NAVY.		Selma threw herself at full length on the ground.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Six generations] / R.W. Harrison, Selma, Ala.Credit: Library of Congress.		Cordy Tindell Vivian, leading prayer outside Selma, Ala. courthouse where he was arrested by Sheriff Jim Clark (center).Credit: Library of Congress.
	Flying cadets' kitchen. Craig Field, Southeastern Air Training Center, Selma, Alabama.Credit: Library of Congress.		Craig Field flying cadet's quarters. Craig Field, Southeastern Air Training Center, Selma, Alabama.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Desk of flight commander in the Southeastern Air Training Center. Craig Field, Selma, Alabama.Credit: Library of Congress.		Eagle's Store. Selma, Alabama.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Russia	The Saint Petersburg NGO Harold and Selma Light Center, in conjunction with a foreign-based NGO, conducted programs in several northwestern cities such as Petrozavodsk, and in the city of Ryazan. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Selma" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Selma" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	13	97,576

The following table summarizes the usage of "Selma" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Selma	First name Female	16,000	691
Selma	Last name	170	45,493
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Selma" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "God", "a helmet", "a protection".

The following table summarizes names related to "Selma."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Anselma	Female	Dutch	Anselm
Anselm	Male	English	N/A
Selma	Female	English	Anselma
Zelma	Female	English	Selma
Anselma	Female	German	Anselm
Anselma	Female	Italian	Anselm
Anselma	Female	Spanish	Anselm
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Selma, AL (city, FIPS 69120)
Location: 32.41608 N, 87.03295 W
Population (1990): 23755 (9556 housing units)
Area: 36.0 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 36701, 36703
Country: USA

2. Selma, CA (city, FIPS 70882)
Location: 36.57425 N, 119.61535 W
Population (1990): 14757 (4696 housing units)
Area: 9.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 93662
Country: USA

3. Selma, IA
Zip Code(s): 52588
Country: USA

4. Selma, IN (town, FIPS 68706)
Location: 40.18839 N, 85.27432 W
Population (1990): 800 (305 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 47383
Country: USA

5. Selma, NC (town, FIPS 60320)
Location: 35.53678 N, 78.28874 W
Population (1990): 4600 (1987 housing units)
Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 27576
Country: USA

6. Selma, OH
Zip Code(s): 45368
Country: USA

7. Selma, OR
Zip Code(s): 97538
Country: USA

8. Selma, TX (city, FIPS 66704)
Location: 29.58630 N, 98.31683 W
Population (1990): 520 (182 housing units)
Area: 12.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 78154
Country: USA

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Expression: Selma

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Selma": Selma-montgomery.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Selma

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
selma blair	1,102	enterprise selma	27
selma	283	selma heyak	26
selma alabama	214	lagerlöf selma	25
selma hayek	147	blair selma storytelling	24
selma blair nude	110	koch selma	23
selma north carolina	96	selma blair pic	20
selma times journal	95	bajrami selma	20
selma hayek nude	92	selma hayek naked	20
selma california	81	cloverleafs selma	19
selma hyak	76	selma university	18
selma hyack	67	selma blair naked	17
selma texas	62	selma times	16
selma hayak	58	selma lagerlof	16
selma blair picture	37	selma hayeck	15
selma hayek pic	37	nude selma	15
auto mall selma	36	city of selma	14
selma hayek picture	31	amphitheater selma verizon wireless	14
barbosa selma	30	selma h	14
march selma	29	hyeck selma	13
hyek selma	27	selma lord selma	13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Selma

Language		Translations for "Selma"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Russian		селма. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Selma

Misspellings
	"Selma" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ashelman, Eeelam, Esema, Esma, Nelme, Saeima, Salema, Salka, Salma, Salmo, Sedlmayr, Seilhac, Seima, Selemani, Selemat, Selia, Selima, selm, Selmo, Selnau, Selway, Semaf, Senmao, Sesljan, Sixma, Smegma, Somlak. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Selma

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: almes, lames, males, meals.
	Words within the letters "a-e-l-m-s"
	-1 letter: ales, alme, alms, elms, lame, lams, lase, leas, maes, male, meal, mels, mesa, sale, same, seal, seam, slam.
	-2 letters: ale, als, elm, els, ems, lam, las, lea, mae, mas, mel, sae, sal, sea, sel.
	-3 letters: ae, al, am, as, el, em, es, la, ma, me.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-l-m-s"
	+1 letter: almehs, ambles, amoles, blames, camels, damsel, emails, flames, fleams, gleams, lameds, lamest, lemans, lemmas, macles, mailes, maples, measle, measly, medals, mensal, mescal, mesial, metals, realms, samiel, samlet, sample, ulemas.
	+2 letters: aimless, almners, almsmen, almuces, almudes, amblers, amplest, ampules, amulets, amylase, amylose, armless, armlets, becalms, bedlams, beldams, blamers, calmest, camlets, damosel, damsels, embalms, empales, enamels, females, flambes, flamens, flamers, gambles, hamlets, impales, lambers, lambies, lamedhs, laments, lampers, lamster, lensman, mackles, macules, maglevs, mailers, malaise, malates, malices, malines, mallees, mallets, malleus, malmsey, maltase, malteds, maltose, mangels, mangles, manless, mantels, mantles, marbles, marcels, marvels, matless, maulers, mealies, measled, measles, medials, medlars, medusal, melisma, menials, mesally, mescals, mezcals, milages, misdeal, mislead, morales, muletas, palmers, psalmed, rambles, realism, remails, samiels, samlets, sampled, sampler, samples, seismal, seminal, serumal, shamble, slammed, slammer, smaller, stammel, tamales, tramels, wadmels, wambles.
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