Elma or ELMA may refer to:

Places

United States

* Elma, Iowa, a city in the US * Elma, New York, a town in the US ** Elma Center, New York * Elma, Washington, a city in the US * Elma Township, Richland County, North Dakota, in

Richland County, North Dakota Richland County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,529. Its county seat is Wahpeton. Richland County is part of the Wahpeton, ND– MN Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also incl ...

, US *

Elma, Virginia Elma is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It ...

, an unincorporated community in the US * Elma (hamlet), New York, a hamlet in the US

Elsewhere

Elma, Manitoba Elma, Manitoba, is an unincorporated community of approximately 100 people in southeast Manitoba. It is located on the Whitemouth River, at the junction of Highway 15 and Highway 11 in the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth. History The area set ...

, a community in Canada **

Elma railway station Elma railway station is located in the community of Elma, Manitoba, Canada. This station is currently in use by Via Rail. Transcontinental ''Canadian'' trains stop here. The community is part of the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth The Rural M ...

* Elma (river), a river of Poland

People

Given name

Elma G. Albert Elma G. Albert (June 5, 1866 – February 19, 1942) was a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court from January 1, 1925, to December 21, 1936, appointed from Greene County, Iowa Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the ...

, Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court *

Elma Bellini Elma Ann Bellini (November 11, 1954 – March 4, 2018) was an American judge who served on the New York Supreme Court. Background Bellini was born in South Fork, Pennsylvania on November 11, 1954. She graduated from Monroe Community College ...

(1954–2018), New York Supreme Court Justice * Elma Campbell (1901–1983), Scottish nationalist activist *

Elma Danielsson Elma Danielsson née Sundquist (1 March 1865, Falun - 8 February 1936, Lomma), was a Swedish journalist and politician (Social Democrat). She was a journalist and temporary editor of the social democratic paper ''Arbetet'' from 1887 onward, and h ...

(1865–1936), Swedish politician *

Elma Tryphosa Dangerfield Elma Tryphosa Dangerfield CBE (11 October 1907 - 22 January 2006) was a British journalist, writer, campaigner and Liberal Party politician. Background She was born in Liverpool as Elma Tryphosa Birkett but brought up partly in the Philippines, Ch ...

(1907–2006), British journalist and Liberal Party politician * Elma Davis (born 1968), South African international lawn bowler *

Elma de Vries Elma de Vries (born 20 March 1983) is a Dutch marathon speed skater and inline speed skater. She is the older sister of marathon speed skater Bob de Vries. Biography De Vries was three years old when she started riding on skates on a small cr ...

(born 1983), Dutch speed skater * Elma Dienda (born 1964), Namibian politician *

Elma Salinas Ender Elma Teresa Ender ( Salinas; born August 11, 1953) is an American attorney, who was the youngest woman and the first Hispanic female to serve as a state district court judge in the U.S. state of Texas. In 1983, she was appointed by then Gove ...

(born 1953), Texan judge *

Elma Francois Elma Francois (14 October 1897 – 1944) was an Africentric Socialist political activist who, on 14 October 1987, was declared as a " national heroine of Trinidad and Tobago".Gilkes, Corey"Elma Francois 1897–1944" TriniView.com, 3 November 20 ...

(1897–1944), Trinidadian political activist *

Elma González Elma L. González (born June 6, 1942) is a Mexican-born American plant cell biologist. She is Professor Emerita of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1974, she was appointed professor of cell and mole ...

(born 1942), Mexican-American biologist *

Elma Gove Elma Mary Gove (1832–1921) was an American painter. Biography Born in Weare, New Hampshire, Gove was the daughter of Hiram and Mary Sargent Gove; her father was a hatmaker who later became a self-trained physician, and her mother was an earl ...

(1832–1921), American painter *

Elma van Haren Elma van Haren (born 29 August 1954) is a Dutch poet. Career In 1988, she made her debut as poet with ''Reis naar het welkom geheten''. She won the very first C. Buddingh'-prijs for this collection of poems. She went on to publish various p ...

(born 1954), Dutch poet *

Elma Karlowa Elma Karlowa (March 12, 1932 – December 31, 1994) was a Yugoslav film and television actress.Fritsche p.255 Selected filmography * '' Once I Will Return'' (1953) * '' A Child of the Community'' (1953) * ''Guitars of Love'' (1954) * ''Cabaret'' ...

(1932–1994), Yugoslav actress *

Elma Lewis Elma Ina Lewis (September 15, 1921 – January 1, 2004) was an American arts educator and the founder of the National Center of Afro-American Artists and The Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts. She was one of the first recipients of a MacArth ...

(1921–2004), American arts educator *

Elma Maua Elma Ngatokoa Maua (12 November 1948 – 28 April 2010) was a Cook Islands-born New Zealand journalist and editor. Maua was one of New Zealand's first Pacific Islander journalists. Maua was born in Rarotonga, Cook Islands in 1948, the youngest of ...

(1948–2010), New Zealand journalist *

Elma Miller Elma Miller (born August 6, 1954) is a Canadian musician, composer, writer and educator. Biography Education Miller was born in 1954 in Toronto, Ontario. In 1977, she received a BMus and MMus from the University of Toronto. During that time, ...

(born 1954), Canadian musician, composer, writer and educator *

Elma Mitchell Elma Mitchell (November 19, 1919 Airdrie, Lanarkshire - November 23, 2000) was a Scottish poet. Life She won a scholarship to Somerville College, Oxford, where she gained a first in English in 1941. She went on to achieve a diploma in librari ...

(1919–2000), British poet *

Elma Muros Elma Muros-Posadas (born January 14, 1967, in Magdiwang, Romblon) also known as the "Long Jump Queen" of the Philippines and a heptathlon champion, is a former member of the Philippine Track and Field National Team and now a legend in Philippine ...

(born 1967), Filipina track and field athlete * Elma Napier (1892–1973), Dominican writer and politician *

Elma Sandford-Morgan Elma Sandford-Morgan (23 February 1890 – 1983) was an Australian physician who practised medicine in India and Iraq during the 1920s. Elma Linton Sandford (later Mrs Sandford-Morgan) was born in Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia in 1890. Her ...

(1890–1983), Australian physician * Elma Sinanović (born 1974), Serbian Bosniak singer * Elma Soiron (1918–2016), English actress *

Elma Steck Elma Steck Weiss (May 3, 1923 – July 22, 2014) was a fourth outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 4", 120 lb., Elma batted left-handed and threw right-handed. She was born in Columbus, Ohi ...

(1923–2014), American professional baseball player *

Elma Ström Elma Charlotta Ström (3 April 1822, Bro – 14 July 1889, Stockholm), was a Swedish opera singer. Life Elma Ström was born in Bro in Uppland, the daughter of a farmer, and was raised in the home of a relative, the parish vicar Ekström on Mör ...

(1822–1889), Swedish opera singer *

Elma Stuckey Elma Johnson Stuckey (1907–1988) was an African American poet and school teacher. Her poetry concerned the lives of black people from the days of Slavery in the United States, slavery up through the late 1980s. Biography Elma Johnson was born ...

(1907–1988), African-American poet *

Elma Yerburgh Elma Amy Yerburgh (née Thwaites, 30 July 1864 – 6 December 1946) was a member of the Thwaites family who was owner and then chairman of the Thwaites Brewery company (of Blackburn, England) from 1888 to 1946. She was the daughter of Daniel Thw ...

(1864–1946), owner and chairman of the Thwaites Brewery company * Elma Mary Williams (1913–1971), British author

Surname

* Fikri Elma (died 1999), Turkish footballer *

Ouidad Elma Ouidad Elma is a French-Moroccan actress. She was born in Rif Mountains, Morocco, October 2, 1992. She grew up in Paris in the neighborhood of Menilmontant. Early life Elma began acting classes when she was six years old. She joined the the ...

, French-Moroccan actress * (born 1996), Turkish female water polo player

Fictional characters

Elma Leivonen The ''Strike Witches'' mixed-media project features an extensive cast of characters created by Fumikane Shimada. The series takes place in an alternate Earth in the mid-20th century and revolves around a group of teenage girls who use machines e ...

, a fictional character from the anime/manga series ''Strike Witches'' *Elma, a fictional character from the video game ''

Xenoblade Chronicles X ''Xenoblade Chronicles X'' is a 2015 action role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Wii U console. ''Xenoblade Chronicles X'' forms part of the '' Xeno'' metaseries, being a spiritual successor to ''Xenoblad ...

'' *Elma, a fictional character from the anime/manga series '' Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid'' *Elma York, a fictional character from the science fiction novel ''

The Calculating Stars ''The Calculating Stars'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Mary Robinette Kowal. The book was published by Tor Books on July 3, 2018. It is the first book in the " Lady Astronaut" series and is a prequel to the 2012 short story " Th ...

'' *Elma Radnor, a fictional character from the 1987 movie '' Matewan''

Companies

Elma Electronic Elma Electronic is a publicly traded Swiss electronics company founded in 1960 and based in Wetzikon, Switzerland. The company has 5 product divisions: Systems Platforms, Backplanes, Enclosures & Components, Rotary Switches, and Cabinet Enclosures. ...

, a Swiss electronics company *

Empresa Líneas Marítimas Argentinas Empresa Líneas Marítimas Argentinas (ELMA) ( en, Argentine Shipping Lines Company) was an Argentine cargo shipping line formed on September 30, 1960, after Juan Perón nationalised the shipping industry. The Argentine Maritime Lines Company ...

, a defunct Argentine cargo shipping line *

European Languages and Movies in America European Languages and Movies in America (ELMA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to showcasing European movies. It was founded in 2006 by Pascal Ladreyt and is based in Santa Monica, California. ELMA's mission is to create new avenues for be ...

Other uses

* ''Elma'' (gastropod), genus of land snails in the family Streptaxidae * ''

Elasto Mania ''Elasto Mania'' is a platform game released in 2000. It explores the notion of elastic motorcycles. The goal of each level is to touch the flower. Some require the player to collect apples spread throughout it before doing so. There is online com ...

'', a 2000 2D motorcycle PC-game *

European land mammal age The European Land Mammal Mega Zones (abbreviation: ELMMZ, more commonly known as European land mammal ages or ELMA) are zones in rock layers that have a specific assemblage of fossils (biozones) based on occurrences of fossil assemblages of Europe ...

, former name of the European Land Mammal Mega Zone {{disambiguation, geo, given name hu:Elma