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Alabama en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /-bamɑ/ (South-Asia)
  • audio Inland Northern
  • /ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ələˈbɑmɑ/ (South-Asia)
  • audio Connecticut
  • audio Inland Northern
  • /ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə/ (Canada, US)
  • /ˈaləbɑmɑ/ (South-Asia)
  • /ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə/ (Australia)
  • ăl-ə-băm'ə
  • [ˌæl.əˈbɛəm.ə] (Canada, US) æ-raising

Etymology

Probably from French Alibamou or Alibamon, from Spanish Alibamo, from Alabama albaamo, the name for a member of a people native to the area.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) An indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A member of these people.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Alabamas Number=Plur lexicographic
Alabammer alternative, pronunciation-spelling lexicographic

Synonyms

Alibamu

Translations (8)

cic Alibaamo' (tribe) · fr Alabama (tribe) · th แอละแบมา (tribe) · fi alabamat (tribe) · ru алаба́ма (tribe) · akz Albaamaha (tribe) · ko 알바아마하 (tribe) · pt alabama (tribe)

Alabama en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /-bamɑ/ (South-Asia)
  • audio Inland Northern
  • /ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ələˈbɑmɑ/ (South-Asia)
  • audio Connecticut
  • audio Inland Northern
  • /ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə/ (Canada, US)
  • /ˈaləbɑmɑ/ (South-Asia)
  • /ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə/ (Australia)
  • ăl-ə-băm'ə
  • [ˌæl.əˈbɛəm.ə] (Canada, US) æ-raising

Etymology

Probably from French Alibamou or Alibamon, from Spanish Alibamo, from Alabama albaamo, the name for a member of a people native to the area.

Meanings

  1. A state of the United States. Capital: Montgomery. Largest city: Birmingham.
    • That’s right. In fact, a law which passed in Mississippi is so restrictive, it could close the one remaining abortion clinic they have in the entire state, meaning a Mississippi woman, right now, could be saying to herself, “I need to go someplace more progressive like Alabama.” 2014 November 2, “State Legislatures and ALEC”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 23, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
    • So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.” 2015 March 5, Douglas Brinkley, “Selma’s historic bridge deserves a better name”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2015:
  2. A river in Alabama; flowing 318 miles from the confluence of the Tallapoosa and Coosa near Coosada until its confluence with the Tombigbee, forming the Mobile, near Calvert.
  3. A Muskogean language, spoken by the Alabama people.
  4. A town in New York; named for the state.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of University of Alabama.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Alabammer alternative, pronunciation-spelling lexicographic

Coordinates

Bama State · Alabama State · ASU

Deriveds

Alabama rot · alabamine · Alabamian · Alabaman · alabamium · Alabama River · Alabama-like · Alabam' · Flomaton · Alabama slammer · Florabama · Floribama · Alabama Lane cake · Alabama hot pocket · Alabama wind chime · AL

Synonyms

Alibamu · Tuscaloser · Bama

Translations (71)

tr Alabama (U.S. State) · sh Alabàma (U.S. State) · fr Alabama (U.S. State) · pt Alabama (U.S. State) · ko 앨라배마 (U.S. State) · lo ພາສາອາລາບາມາ (language) · es Alabama (U.S. State) · mk Алаба́ма (U.S. State) · sh Алаба̀ма (U.S. State) · hi अलाबामा (U.S. State) · am አላባማ (U.S. State) · km អាលឡាបបាមម៉ា (language) · tl Alabama (U.S. State) · th แม่น้ำแอละแบมา (river) · ko 알리바무 (language) · lo ອາລາບາມາ (language) · uk алаба́мська мо́ва (language) · nv Élábéemah hahoodzo (U.S. State) · uk Алаба́ма (river) · fi Alabama-joki (river) · ro alabama (language) · hu Alabama (U.S. State) · it Alabama (U.S. State) · pt Alabama (river) · pt alabama (language) · gl Alabama (U.S. State) · de Alabama (U.S. State) · km អាឡាបាម៉ា (U.S. State) · vi Alabama (U.S. State) · oc Alabama (U.S. State) · pl Alabama (river) · haw ʻAlapama (U.S. State) · cmn 阿拉巴馬州 /阿拉巴马州 (U.S. State) · scn alabbama (language) · ja アラバマ州 (U.S. State) · oc Alabama (river) · arc ܐܠܒܐܡܐ (U.S. State) · el Αλαμπάμα (U.S. State) · lo ອາລາບາມາ (U.S. State) · ro Alabama (river) · ml അലബാമ (U.S. State) · vi A-la-ba-ma (U.S. State) · ru язы́к алаба́ма (language) · la Alabama (U.S. State) · he אלבמה (U.S. State) · lo ແມ່ນ້ຳອາລາບາມາ (river) · fi Alabama (U.S. State) · cs Alabama (U.S. State) · bn অ্যালাবামা (U.S. State) · chr ᎢᎳᏆᎹ (U.S. State) · th แอละแบมา (U.S. State) · akz Albaamo innaaɬiilka (language) · ka ალაბამა (U.S. State) · az Alabama (U.S. State) · ru алаба́ма (language) · yi אַלאַבאַמאַ (U.S. State) · pl Alabama (U.S. State) · ko 앨라배마 (river) · de Alabama (river) · ug ئالاباما (U.S. State) · ta அலபாமா (U.S. State) · da Alabama (U.S. State) · ro Alabama (U.S. State) · fi alabama (language) · uk Алаба́ма (U.S. State) · ru Алаба́ма (U.S. State) · eo Alabamo (U.S. State) · lv Alabama (U.S. State) · th แอละแบมา (language) · fa آلاباما (U.S. State) · ar أَلَابَامَا (U.S. State)

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