name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative form of bamma (“an unstylish rural person; a hick”). alt-of, alternative

   "I had already exposed myself. A backwoods bama, a Bible thumper."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Nickname for Alabama: a state of the United States. colloquial
2. 2
   A Yao autonomous county in Hechi, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
3. 3
   Ellipsis of University of Alabama. abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis

   "Or maybe on a fifty-yard line Watchin' 'Bama beat the hell out of Tennessee"

Synonyms

All synonyms

alabama

Example

More examples

"Or maybe on a fifty-yard line Watchin' 'Bama beat the hell out of Tennessee"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of Alabama.

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴馬 /巴马 (Bāmǎ).

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