Alabama

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Alabama

  • /ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə/ UK
  • /ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə/ Canada, US
  • [ˌæl.əˈbɛəm.ə] Canada, US
  • /ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə/ Australia
  • /ələˈbɑmɑ/ South Asia
  • /ˈaləbɑmɑ/ South Asia
  • /-bamɑ/ South Asia

Rhymes with -æmə

Where it comes from

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

noun Alabamas · Alabammer

  1. countable, uncountable An indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama.

    Similar: Alibamu

  2. countable, uncountable A member of these people.

proper noun Alabammer

  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.”
  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.

    Similar: Alibamu

  4. A town in New York; named for the state.
  5. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of University of Alabama

    Similar: Bama, Tuscaloser

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: alabama river, camellia state, coosa, ala, yellowhammer state, al, bama, cotton state, sweet home, dixie, yellowhammer, camellia, alabam', alibamu, muscogee, muskhogee

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noun tribe

한국어알바아마하 albaamaha
Portuguêsalabama
FrançaisAlabama
Русскийалаба́ма alabáma

name U.S. State

EspañolAlabama
한국어앨라배마 Aellabaema
日本語アラバマ州 Arabama-shū
中文阿拉巴馬州 /阿拉巴马州 Ālābāmǎ-zhōu
हिन्दीअलाबामा alābāmā
PortuguêsAlabama
FrançaisAlabama
DeutschAlabama
ItalianoAlabama
ΕλληνικάΑλαμπάμα Alampáma
RomânăAlabama
РусскийАлаба́ма Alabáma
Tiếng ViệtAlabama, A-la-ba-ma
العربيةأَلَابَامَا ʔalabāmā
עבריתאלבמה

name river

한국어앨라배마 Aellabaema
PortuguêsAlabama
DeutschAlabama
RomânăAlabama

name language

한국어알리바무 allibamu
Portuguêsalabama
Românăalabama
Русскийалаба́ма alabáma, язы́к алаба́ма jazýk alabáma

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MLA

"Alabama." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/alabama. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Alabama. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/alabama

Chicago

"Alabama." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/alabama.

BibTeX
@misc{alabama_2026,
  title = {Alabama},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alabama},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}