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Wilma

American  
[wil-muh] / ˈwɪl mə /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Wilhelmina.


Example Sentences

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“For a hundred years,” Maria Martinez was saying, “hurricanes have hit all over South Florida except for Miami. Andrew, Wilma, Irma—they all came close, and did a great deal of damage. But the last hurricane to hit Miami directly was in 1926, when only a hundred thousand people lived here. The Great Miami Hurricane leveled the city, killing hundreds of people and leaving tens of thousands more homeless.”

From Literature

Hurricane Wilma in 2005 remains the most intense hurricane ever measured in the Atlantic basin.

From Science Daily

"It was only the caps that went," he said, adding Ken and his wife Wilma were not the type of people "who would have had expensive jewellery and stuff like that".

From BBC

The fears for Blue Owl are overwrought, however, says Raymond James analyst Wilma Burdis.

From Barron's

Mr Finlay and his late wife Wilma decided to explore the cow-with-calf dairy system at Rainton Farm in 2012.

From BBC