Almira (disambiguation) explained

Almira is the first opera by George Frideric Handel, about and named after a fictitious Castilian queen in Valladolid.

Almira may also refer to :

Places

• Almira, Ontario, Canada, a neighbourhood in Markham
• Almira Township, Michigan, US, a civil township
• Almira, Washington, US, a town

People

Given name

• Almira Cercado, a member of the Filipino girl group 4th Impact
• Almira Edson (1803–1886), American folk artist
• Almira Hershey (1843–1930), American civic leader, businesswoman, property developer, hotelier and philanthropist
• Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps (1793-1884), American educator, author, editor
• Almira Hollander Pitman (1854–1939), American suffragist and women's rights activist
• Almira Sessions (1888–1974), American character actress of stage, screen and television
• Almira Skripchenko, Moldovian-born French chess player

Surname

• Jacques Almira (born Jacques Schaetzle, 1950), French writer

Other uses

• Almira College, a women's college, forerunner of Greenville University, Greenville, Illinois, US
• Miss Almira Gulch, a villain in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz

See also

• Almyros, an ancient city in Thessalia, Greece
• Elmira (disambiguation)
• Almir (given name)