name
Meaning 1
A village in the Solomon Islands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
puma
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/puːmə/
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name
Meaning 2
An administrative ward in the Singida Rural district of Tanzania.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A Kiranti language spoken in Nepal.
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noun
Meaning 4
A mountain lion or cougar (Puma concolor).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK
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noun
Meaning 5
Any feline belonging to the genus Puma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
Meaning 6
A woman in her 20s or 30s who seeks relationships with younger men; a younger cougar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 7
An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear of a German-based brand of that name.
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noun
Meaning 8
large American feline resembling a lion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cougar, catamount, mountain lion, painter, panther, Felis concolor
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Broader terms: wildcat
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Quechuan *puma Quechua pumabor. Spanish pumabor. English puma Borrowed from Spanish puma, borrowed from Quechua puma, from Proto-Quechuan *puma.
See puma; the name was chosen to highlight ideas of strength, agility, and grace often associated with the large cat.