Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)An indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama.
алаба́маalabáma
a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in what is now the state of Alabama
(countable, uncountable)A member of these people.
Examples
9 sentencesTom was born in Boston, Alabama.
Tom was born in a tiny town in Alabama.
Alabama is in the Deep South.
Texas, Alabama, Utah, and Arizona abuse trans children.
Damiano was a freshman at the University of Alabama.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Probably from French Alibamou or Alibamon, from Spanish Alibamo, from Alabama albaamo, theProbably 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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Forms
plural: AlabamasSynonyms
7 synonyms- the Muskhogean language of the Alabama:Alabama language
- a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War:Heart of DixieCamellia StateALAla.
- 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:Alabama River
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.