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Alabama

UK/ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə//ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə/

Alabama noun: an indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama. Also the ellipsis of University of Alabama.

alabama: an indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama
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Noun

Alabama (countable and uncountable, plural Alabamas)

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

Proper noun

Alabama

  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.
    Synonyms:
    Alibamu
  4. A town in New York; named for the state.

Also used as

Alabama is also the ellipsis of University of Alabama.

Alabama meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

Alabama in Hindi

U.S. State
अलाबामा alābāmā

Alabama in Tamil

U.S. State
அலபாமா alapāmā

Alabama in Bengali

U.S. State
অ্যালাবামা êlabama

Alabama in Malayalam

U.S. State
അലബാമ alabāma
More languagesFewer languages
Alabama in Tagalog
Alabama
Alabama in Arabic
أَلَابَامَا ʔalabāmā
Alabama in Persian
آلاباما âlâbâmâ
Alabama in Thai
แอละแบมา ɛɛ-lá-bɛɛ-mâa, แม่น้ำแอละแบมา
Alabama in Vietnamese
Alabama, A-la-ba-ma

Synonyms of Alabama

Forms of Alabama

pluralAlabamas
alternative pronunciation-spellingAlabammer

Origin of Alabama

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

Words formed from Alabama

Phrases with Alabama

Words that rhyme with Alabama

Questions about Alabama

What does Alabama mean?
Alabama means an indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama.
What is Alabama in Hindi?
Alabama in Hindi is अलाबामा (alābāmā). See Alabama meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Alabama?
Alabama can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Alabama?
Alabama is pronounced /ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of Alabama?
The plural of Alabama is Alabamas.

Words near Alabama in the dictionary

  1. alabado
  2. alabados
  3. Alabai
  4. Alabais
  5. Alabam'
  6. Alabama
  7. Alabama hot pocket
  8. Alabama hot pockets
  9. Alabama Lane cake
  10. Alabama Lane cakes
  11. Alabama rot

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Alabama (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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