name
Meaning 1
A female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
HEMA
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Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /hi mə/
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US: /hɛ mə/
noun
Meaning 2
Acronym of historical European martial arts
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
An ethnic group of Nilotic origin who are concentrated in parts of Ituri Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bahema, Bahima
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Alternative form of Hima (“pastoralist social class of Uganda and Tanzania”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit हेमा (hemā, “gold”).