Meaning of Selma | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A female given name.
   countable
2. A confrontation where authorities brutally repress those wanting civil rights, similar to Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama.
   US, figuratively
3. A surname.
   countable
4. A placename
   countable, uncountable
5. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
   countable, uncountable
6. A village in Graubünden canton, Switzerland.
   countable, uncountable
7. A place in the United States.
   countable, uncountable
8. A city, the county seat of Dallas County, Alabama; named for James Macpherson's Ossianic poem The Songs of Selma.
   countable, uncountable
9. A city in Fresno County, California; named for early resident Selma Michelson.
   countable, uncountable
10. A city in Texas.
    countable, uncountable
11. A town in North Carolina; named for the city in Alabama.
    countable, uncountable
12. A town in Indiana.
    countable, uncountable
13. A census-designated place in Josephine County, Oregon.
    countable, uncountable
14. A census-designated place in Virginia.
    countable, uncountable
15. An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
    countable, uncountable
16. An unincorporated community in Iowa.
    countable, uncountable
17. An unincorporated community in Kansas.
    countable, uncountable
18. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the place in the Ossian cycle.
    countable, uncountable
19. An unincorporated community in Ohio.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.””

“Eventually, our place and response may be viewed as a historic turning point, another Selma for the nation and world.”

“Shelby County has become the new Selma.”

“"I don't know how many Selmas you have in your memory," she said. "I have a lot in mine."”

“How Many Selmas? Still another city in the south Is learning the hard way that the Negro will settle for nothing less than first class citizenship.”

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