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Bama en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈbæmə/

Etymology

Clipping of Alabama.

Meanings

1. (colloquial) Nickname for Alabama: a state of the United States.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis) Ellipsis of University of Alabama.
   alt of University of Alabama
   • Or maybe on a fifty-yard line Watchin' 'Bama beat the hell out of Tennessee 2022, “Hell of a Way to Go”, performed by Riley Green:

Forms

Coordinates

Bama State · Alabama State · ASU

Relateds

bamma

Synonyms

Alabama · Tuscaloser

wikidata: Q492318 · wikidata: Q173

Bama en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• bä′mä′

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴馬 /巴马 (Bāmǎ).

Meanings

1. A Yao autonomous county in Hechi, Guangxi autonomous region, China.