What does "alabama" mean?

An indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama.

How do you pronounce "alabama"?

Pronounced //ˌæ.ləˈbæmə//.

Common synonyms include: alabama language, alabama watercourse, alabamian, river of alabama, state of alabama, state specific.

/ˌæ.ləˈbæmə/ name, noun

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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

"It all started in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955."

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