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Alabama

ala·bama

UK/ələˈbɑmɑ/ US/ˌæ.ləˈbæmə/ fairly common

noun

1.

a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

2.
3.

a river in Alabama formed by the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers near Montgomery; flows southwestward to become a tributary of the Mobile River

Origin

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

Phrases

  • Alabama hot pocket
  • Alabama Lane cake
  • Alabama River
  • Alabama rot
  • Alabama slammer
  • Alabama wind chime

Related words

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