bama
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Bama¹
- /ˈbæmə/
Where it comes from
Clipping of Alabama.
proper noun 'Bama
- Nickname for Alabama: a state of the United States.
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Ellipsis of University of Alabama
Or maybe on a fifty-yard line
Watchin' 'Bama beat the hell out of Tennessee
Similar: Alabama, Tuscaloser
Bama²
Where it comes from
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴馬 /巴马 (Bāmǎ).
proper noun
- A Yao autonomous county in Hechi, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
bama³
noun bamas
- Alternative form of bamma (“an unstylish rural person; a hick”). I had already exposed myself. A backwoods bama, a Bible thumper.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: brummie, oklahomo, ali baba, turkey gobbler, bamma, brummagem, olds, bubba, bahooie, the boot, brissie, okie, alco, the 'bu, big peach, cousin sally
Talk about this word "bama." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bama. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bama. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bama "bama." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bama.Cite this
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title = {bama},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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