Irma
proper nounattested in dialogue
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
proper noun
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A female given name from the Germanic languages.
- - -, she thanked God for Irma: thanked God that Irma's hair was rich and beautiful, that she had the aristocratic richness of a name like Irma and not the common poverty of a name like May or Flo;
- 2
A village in Alberta, Canada.
- 3
A village in Lombardy, Italy.
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An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
Etymology
From German Irma in the nineteenth century. Short form of Germanic names beginning with irm(en)-, erm(en) "whole, entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz. Cognate with English Emma.
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Irma · A female given name from the Germanic languages.
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