Synonyms for selma
ˈsɛl məsel·ma

Princeton's WordNet

1. Selmanoun

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

Matched Categories

1. • Alabama
   • Town

How to pronounce selma?

How to say selma in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use selma in a sentence?

1. Hillary Clinton:

   You can see how progress is made by looking at what happened this weekend in Selma, Alabama, where our country is marking a historic anniversary of the long march towards equality and a more perfect union, and also recommitting to carry the cause forward into the 21st century, so whether it's women's rights or human rights, civil rights or LGBT rights, we're counting on all of you to lead the way, and that's what the no-ceilings initiative at the Clinton Foundation is really all about.

2. Bob Barnes:

   When you’re in Selma and then you realize where the march started — you get the shivers, you look around and you literally feel the history.

3. Alston Keith Jr.:

   I don't know if the movie is going to help Selma's image the way it will be portrayed.

4. John LewisThe:

   It is good to be in Selma, Alabama, one more time, to take a little walk to try to dramatize the need for the rights of all our people to be able to participate in the democratic process.

5. President Barack Obama:

   Right now, in 2015, fifty years after Selma, there are laws across this country designed to make it harder for people to vote. As we speak, more of such laws are being proposed, meanwhile, the Voting Rights Act, the culmination of so much blood, so much sweat and tears, the product of so much sacrifice in the face of wanton violence ... stands weakened.