selma
IPA: sˈɛɫmʌ
Root Word: Selma
noun
- (countable) A female given name.
- (countable) A surname.
- A placename
- A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A village in Graubünden canton, Switzerland.
- A place in the United States.
- A city, the county seat of Dallas County, Alabama; named for James Macpherson's Ossianic poem The Songs of Selma.
- A city in Fresno County, California; named for early resident Selma Michelson.
- A city in Texas.
- A town in North Carolina; named for the city in Alabama.
- A town in Indiana.
- A census-designated place in Josephine County, Oregon.
- A census-designated place in Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the place in the Ossian cycle.
- An unincorporated community in Ohio.
- (US, politics, figuratively) A confrontation where authorities brutally repress those wanting civil rights, similar to Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama.
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Examples of "selma" in Sentences
- Patty and Selma are very cynical.
- Selma was destroyed by fire in the 1890s.
- The people of Selma live and work together.
- Selma is caught and eventually put on trial.
- As a result, she later passes it on to Selma.
- The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama.
- Sideshow Bob turns around and sees Selma in the doorway.
- Selma Arsenal made most of the Confederacy's ammunition.
- At the airport, The Simpsons try to console a despondent Selma.
- Patty and Selma disapprove of Homer and are not afraid to be vocal.
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