Alabama
ala·bama
noun
a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Alabama; a member of the Creek Confederacy
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
the Muskhogean language of the Alabama people
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
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