Palma or La Palma means palm in a number of languages and may also refer to:

Geography

Africa

Palma, Mozambique Palma is a town on the northeast coast of Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Province. Less than away is the border with Mtwara Region of Tanzania to the north and north-west. Economy and languages Various languages, including Makwe, Makonde, Mwani ...

, city **

Palma District Palma District is a district of Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique. It covers 3,576 km² with 52,269 inhabitants (2015). Its principal town is Palma. The district borders Mtwara Region, Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially th ...

* La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, Spain **

La Palma (DO) La Palma is a Spanish Denominación de Origen, Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) for wines that covers the entire island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands, Spain. It acquired its DO in 1994. There are around 600 ha of vineyards registered w ...

, a ''Denominación de Origen'' for wines from the island of La Palma **

La Palma Airport La Palma Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto de La Palma) is an airport located in Breña Baja and Villa de Mazo, south of the city of Santa Cruz de La Palma on La Palma in the Canary Islands. It is operated by Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegaci� ...

The Americas

Palma, Santa Maria Palma Palma, Minas Gerais Palma is a municipality in the southeastern part of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At ...

, a municipality in Brazil *

Palma River The Palma River is a river of Tocantins state in central Brazil. See also * List of rivers of Tocantins List of rivers in Tocantins (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each lar ...

, Brazil *

La Palma, Cundinamarca La Palma is a municipality and town in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. References Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department {{Cundinamarca-geo-stub ...

, a municipality and town in Colombia *

La Palma, Cuba La Palma is a municipality and town in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba. It is located in the northern part of the province, on the coast of the Straits of Florida, north of Consolación del Sur and north-east of Viñales. Overview The Viñal ...

, a city *

Río de la Palma Río de la Palma is a river of northern Cuba. See also *List of rivers of Cuba This is an incomplete list of rivers of Cuba, arranged from west to east, by coast, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. North Coast ...

, a river in Cuba *

La Palma, Chalatenango La Palma is a municipality in the Chalatenango department of El Salvador. The municipality, located in a mountainous area of the country, covers an area of 135.60 km2 and as of 2006 had an approximate population of 24,000. It has historical ...

, a municipality of El Salvador *

La Palma, Darién La Palma () is a town and corregimiento in Chepigana District, Darién Province, Panama with a population of 4,205 as of 2010. It is the seat of Chepigana District. Its population as of 1990 was 11,632; its population as of 2000 was 3,884. It is ...

, a city of Panama * La Palma, Los Santos, a corregimiento of Panama *

La Palma, Arizona La Palma was established in 1927 and is a populated place situated in Pinal County, Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most pop ...

, an unincorporated place in the United States * La Palma, California, a city in the United States **

La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (LPH) is a 141-bed acute care facility in La Palma, California, US. LPH is owned and operated by Prime Healthcare Services (PHS), a hospital management company located in Victorville. PHS was founded in 2001 by P ...

La Palma (Mexico City Metrobús) La Palma (, ), also known as ''La isla bonita'' () and officially San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly island of the Canary Islands, Spain. La Palma has an area of making it the fifth largest of the eight main Canary Islands. The ...

, a BRT station in Mexico City

Europe

Palma de Mallorca Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situate ...

* Palma di Montechiaro *

Bay of Palma The Bay of Palma ( ca, Badia de Palma, es, Bahía de Palma) is a bay located to the south of Palma, Majorca, Palma, Majorca, Spain. It is in the south-west of the Balearic Islands, Balearic Island of Mallorca. Palma de Majorca's harbour is locat ...

, south of Palma, Majorca, Spain * Palma Arena, Palma, Majorca

People

Palma (name) Palma is both a surname and a given name of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian origin. Notable people with the name include: * Palma Vecchio (c. 1480–1528), Italian painter * Palma il Giovane (1548/50–1628), Italian painter * Adalberto Palma (born ...

Dragan Marković Dragan Marković ( sr-cyr, Драган Марковић; born 2 May 1960), commonly known as Palma ("palm tree"), is a Serbian businessman, politician and entrepreneur. He currently serves as a member of the National Assembly of Serbia and is a ...

(born 1960), Serbian politician and entrepreneur commonly called "Palma"

Other uses

Palma shooting The International Confederation of Fullbore Rifle Associations (ICFRA) is the international association for the fullbore rifle shooting sports of Target Rifle ('TR') (in the US 'Palma' Rifle) and F-Class, which are long range competitions shot ...

, a shooting sport which is a variant of fullbore target rifle *

Battle of Palma The Battle of Palma or the Battle for Palma was fought during late March and early April 2021 over control of the city of Palma in Mozambique, between the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces, other Mozambican security forces and private military con ...

, Palma massacre or Palma shooting which took place in Mozambique in 2021 *

372 Palma Palma (minor planet designation: 372 Palma) is one of the largest main-belt asteroids. It is a B-type asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on August 19, 1893, in Nice. It is thought to be named for the capital city of Majorca, an islan ...

, a main-belt asteroid * ''La Palma'' (newspaper), a Spanish-language newspaper published by ''

The Palm Beach Post ''The Palm Beach Post'' is an American daily newspaper serving Palm Beach County in South Florida, and parts of the Treasure Coast. On March 18, 2018, in a deal worth US$42.35 million, ''The Palm Beach Post'' and ''The Palm Beach Daily News'' we ...

'' in Florida, United States * Palma High School, a Catholic boys school in Salinas, California, United States * 47th Palma Light Infantry Regiment, a military unit of Spain *

UB La Palma Unión Baloncesto La Palma is a professional basketball team based in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago i ...

, a basketball team in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands *''Palma'', an 1804 opera by Friedrich Witt * Palma, a Spanish name for the marine fish ''

Kyphosus elegans ''Kyphosus elegans'', the Cortez sea chub or Cortez chub, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea chub from the family Kyphosidae. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean where it is of minor importance to commercial fisheries. Description ...

'' * Palma, or Palm, a fictional planet in ''

Phantasy Star is a series of console role-playing video games and other supplementary media created by Sega. The series debuted in 1987 on the Master System with ''Phantasy Star'', and continues into the present with ''Phantasy Star Online 2'' and other ext ...

'' and '' Phantasy Star II''.