SELMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Selma mean? 

• SELMA (noun)
  The noun SELMA has 1 sense:

1. a town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters

  Familiarity information: SELMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Selma" is a part of...):

AL; Ala.; Alabama; Camellia State; Heart of Dixie (a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)