Word
alabama
Phoneticsal·aba·ma
/ˌæɫəˈbæmə/
Definitions
01U.S. state
n. A state in the southeastern part of the United States.
n. A state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordered by Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi.
“Montgomery is the capital city of Alabama.”
“The civil rights movement saw pivotal moments in Alabama, including the Montgomery bus boycott and the marches from Selma to Montgomery.”
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02river
n. A long river in the state of Alabama.
n. A river in the U.S. state of Alabama formed by the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers, flowing into the Mobile River.
“We took a boat trip down the Alabama River last summer.”
“The Alabama River served as a vital transportation artery for the region's agricultural economy during the nineteenth century.”
03people and language
n. A group of Native American people or the language they speak.
n. A Muskogean-speaking Native American people indigenous to the southeastern United States, or the language spoken by this group.
“The Alabama people originally lived in the central part of the state.”
“Linguists study Alabama as part of the Muskogean language family, noting its relationship to Koasati and Choctaw.”
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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.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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