Alabama
//ˌæ.ləˈbæmə// name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama. countable, uncountable
- 2 the Muskhogean language of the Alabama wordnet
- 3 A member of these people. countable, uncountable
- 4 a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in what is now the state of Alabama wordnet
Proper Noun
- 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.
- 4 A town in New York; named for the state.
- 5 Ellipsis of University of Alabama. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Example
More examples"It all started in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955."
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.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.