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Alabama

proper noun

  1. American state
  2. native American language
  3. place name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌæ.ləˈbæmə/ / /ələˈbɑmɑ/ / /ˈaləbɑmɑ/

name

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.

  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.””

    “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.””

  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. Ellipsis of University of Alabama.

noun

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.

  1. An indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama.
  2. A member of these people.