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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:AlabamaWikipedia

Etymology

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Probably from French Alibamou or Alibamon, from Spanish Alibamo, from Alabama albaamo,[1] the name for a member of a people native to the area.

Pronunciation

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(US) enPR: ă-lə-bă'-mə IPA(key): /ˌæ.ləˈbæmə/
Audio (US): (file)
Audio (US): (file)
(Indic) IPA(key): /ələˈbɑmɑ/, /ˈaləbɑmɑ/, /-bamɑ/
Rhymes: -æmə

Noun

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Alabama (countable and uncountable, plural Alabamas)

An indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama. [from 1708][1] Synonym: Alibamu
A member of these people.

Translations

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Alabama: Albaamaha
Chickasaw: Alibaamo'
Finnish: alabamat
French: Alabama (fr)
Korean: 알바아마하 (albaamaha)
Portuguese: alabama (pt) m pl
Russian: алаба́ма f (alabáma)
Thai: แอละแบมา (ɛɛ-lá-bɛɛ-mâa)

Proper noun

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Alabama

A state of the United States. Capital: Montgomery. Largest city: Birmingham.
- 2014 November 2, “State Legislatures and ALEC”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 23, John Oliver (actor), via HBO: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.”
- 2015 March 5, Douglas Brinkley, “Selma’s historic bridge deserves a better name”, in CNN‎[2]:So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.”
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.
A Muskogean language, spoken by the Alabama people. Synonym: Alibamu
A town in New York; named for the state.
Ellipsis of University of Alabama. Synonym: Bama Coordinate terms: Alabama State, Bama State, ASU (not to be confused)

Derived terms

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AL
Alabam'
Alabama hot pocket
Alabama Lane cake
Alabama-like
Alabaman
Alabama River
Alabama rot
Alabama slammer
Alabama wind chime
Alabamian
alabamine
alabamium
Florabama
Floribama

Translations

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Amharic: አላባማ (ʾälabama)
Arabic: أَلَابَامَا f (ʔalabāmā)
Aramaic: ܐܠܒܐܡܐ
Azerbaijani: Alabama (az)
Bengali: অ্যালাবামা (êlabama)
Cherokee: ᎢᎳᏆᎹ (ilaquama)
Chinese: Mandarin: 阿拉巴馬州 / 阿拉巴马州 (zh) (Ālābāmǎ-zhōu)
Czech: Alabama (cs) f
Danish: Alabama
Esperanto: Alabamo
Finnish: Alabama (fi)
French: Alabama (fr) m
Galician: Alabama (gl) f
Georgian: ალაბამა (alabama)
German: Alabama (de)
Greek: Αλαμπάμα (el) (Alampáma)
Hawaiian: ʻAlapama
Hebrew: אלבמה (he)
Hindi: अलाबामा m (alābāmā)
Hungarian: Alabama (hu)
Italian: Alabama (it) f
Japanese: アラバマ州 (Arabama-shū)
Khmer: អាឡាបាម៉ា (ʼaalaabaamaa)
Korean: 앨라배마 (Aellabaema)
Lao: ອາລາບາມາ (ʼā lā bā mā)
Latin: Alabama f
Latvian: Alabama f
Macedonian: Алаба́ма f (Alabáma)
Malayalam: അലബാമ (alabāma)
Navajo: Élábéemah hahoodzo
Occitan: Alabama (oc) m
Persian: آلاباما (fa) (âlâbâmâ)
Polish: Alabama (pl) f
Portuguese: Alabama (pt) m
Romanian: Alabama (ro) f
Russian: Алаба́ма (ru) f (Alabáma)
Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Алаба̀ма f Roman: Alabàma f
Spanish: Alabama (es)
Tagalog: Alabama
Tamil: அலபாமா (alapāmā)
Thai: แอละแบมา (ɛɛ-lá-bɛɛ-mâa)
Turkish: Alabama (tr)
Ukrainian: Алаба́ма f (Alabáma)
Uyghur: ئالاباما (alabama)
Vietnamese: Alabama, A-la-ba-ma
Yiddish: אַלאַבאַמאַ (alabama)

river

Finnish: Alabama-joki
German: Alabama (de)
Korean: 앨라배마 (Aellabaema)
Lao: ແມ່ນ້ຳອາລາບາມາ (mǣ namʼā lā bā mā)
Occitan: Alabama (oc) m
Polish: Alabama (pl) f
Portuguese: Alabama (pt) m
Romanian: Alabama (ro)
Thai: แม่น้ำแอละแบมา
Ukrainian: Алаба́ма f (Alabáma)

language

Alabama: Albaamo innaaɬiilka
Finnish: alabama (fi)
Khmer: អាលឡាបបាមម៉ា (aallaabbaammaa)
Korean: 알리바무 (allibamu)
Lao: ອາລາບາມາ (ʼā lā bā mā), ພາສາອາລາບາມາ (phā sāʼā lā bā mā)
Portuguese: alabama (pt) m
Romanian: alabama f
Russian: алаба́ма m or f (alabáma), язы́к алаба́ма m (jazýk alabáma)
Sicilian: alabbama (scn)
Thai: แอละแบมา (ɛɛ-lá-bɛɛ-mâa)
Ukrainian: алаба́мська мо́ва f (alabámsʹka móva)

References

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↑ 1.0 1.1 “Alabama, n. & adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2024.

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:AlabamaWikipedia cs

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Alabama.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈalabaːma]
Audio: (file)

Proper noun

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Alabama f

Alabama (a state of the United States)

Declension

[edit] Declension of Alabama (sg-only hard feminine)

singular
nominative	Alabama
genitive	Alabamy
dative	Alabamě
accusative	Alabamu
vocative	Alabamo
locative	Alabamě
instrumental	Alabamou

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:AlabamaWikipedia da

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Alabama.

Proper noun

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Alabama (genitive Alabamas)

Alabama (a state of the United States)

Finnish

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Etymology

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From English Alabama.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈɑlɑˌbɑ(ː)mɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lɑ̝ˌbɑ̝(ː)mɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
Syllabification(key): A‧la‧ba‧ma
Hyphenation(key): A‧la‧ba‧ma

Proper noun

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Alabama

Alabama (a state of the United States)

Declension

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Inflection of Alabama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Alabama	—
genitive		Alabaman	—
partitive		Alabamaa	—
illative		Alabamaan	—
singular	plural
nominative		Alabama	—
accusative	nom.	Alabama	—
accusative	gen.	Alabaman	—
genitive		Alabaman	—
partitive		Alabamaa	—
inessive		Alabamassa	—
elative		Alabamasta	—
illative		Alabamaan	—
adessive		Alabamalla	—
ablative		Alabamalta	—
allative		Alabamalle	—
essive		Alabamana	—
translative		Alabamaksi	—
abessive		Alabamatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Alabama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
singular	plural
nominative		Alabamani	—
accusative	nom.	Alabamani	—
accusative	gen.	Alabamani	—
genitive		Alabamani	—
partitive		Alabamaani	—
inessive		Alabamassani	—
elative		Alabamastani	—
illative		Alabamaani	—
adessive		Alabamallani	—
ablative		Alabamaltani	—
allative		Alabamalleni	—
essive		Alabamanani	—
translative		Alabamakseni	—
abessive		Alabamattani	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

second-person singular possessor
singular	plural
nominative		Alabamasi	—
accusative	nom.	Alabamasi	—
accusative	gen.	Alabamasi	—
genitive		Alabamasi	—
partitive		Alabamaasi	—
inessive		Alabamassasi	—
elative		Alabamastasi	—
illative		Alabamaasi	—
adessive		Alabamallasi	—
ablative		Alabamaltasi	—
allative		Alabamallesi	—
essive		Alabamanasi	—
translative		Alabamaksesi	—
abessive		Alabamattasi	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

first-person plural possessor
singular	plural
nominative		Alabamamme	—
accusative	nom.	Alabamamme	—
accusative	gen.	Alabamamme	—
genitive		Alabamamme	—
partitive		Alabamaamme	—
inessive		Alabamassamme	—
elative		Alabamastamme	—
illative		Alabamaamme	—
adessive		Alabamallamme	—
ablative		Alabamaltamme	—
allative		Alabamallemme	—
essive		Alabamanamme	—
translative		Alabamaksemme	—
abessive		Alabamattamme	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

second-person plural possessor
singular	plural
nominative		Alabamanne	—
accusative	nom.	Alabamanne	—
accusative	gen.	Alabamanne	—
genitive		Alabamanne	—
partitive		Alabamaanne	—
inessive		Alabamassanne	—
elative		Alabamastanne	—
illative		Alabamaanne	—
adessive		Alabamallanne	—
ablative		Alabamaltanne	—
allative		Alabamallenne	—
essive		Alabamananne	—
translative		Alabamaksenne	—
abessive		Alabamattanne	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

third-person possessor
singular	plural
nominative		Alabamansa	—
accusative	nom.	Alabamansa	—
accusative	gen.	Alabamansa	—
genitive		Alabamansa	—
partitive		Alabamaansa	—
inessive		AlabamassaanAlabamassansa	—
elative		AlabamastaanAlabamastansa	—
illative		Alabamaansa	—
adessive		AlabamallaanAlabamallansa	—
ablative		AlabamaltaanAlabamaltansa	—
allative		AlabamalleenAlabamallensa	—
essive		AlabamanaanAlabamanansa	—
translative		AlabamakseenAlabamaksensa	—
abessive		AlabamattaanAlabamattansa	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:AlabamaWikipedia fr

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Alabama, itself likely from Alabama Albaamaha.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /a.la.ba.ma/
Audio: (file)

Noun

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Alabama m pl (plural only)

Alabama (people)

Proper noun

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Alabama m

Alabama (a state of the United States) Demain, je vais dans l'Alabama rendre visite à ma grand-mère.Tomorrow, I'm going to Alabama to visit my grandmother.
Alabama (a river in Alabama)

Usage notes

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Since l'Alabama is a masculine state that starts with a vowel, when describing location, either en or dans l' can be used.[1]

Derived terms

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alabamien, alabamienne
Alabamien, Alabamienne

Related terms

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alabama

References

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^ Office québécois de la langue française (2016), “Les prépositions devant un nom d’État américain [Prepositions in front of a US state name.]”, in Banque de dépannage linguistique‎[1] (in French)

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:AlabamaWikipedia it

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Alabama.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /a.laˈba.ma/
Rhymes: -ama
Hyphenation: A‧la‧bà‧ma

Proper noun

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Alabama m

Alabama (a state of the United States)

Latin

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Latin Wikipedia has an article on:AlabamaWikipedia la

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.ɫaˈbaː.ma]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.laˈbaː.ma]

Proper noun

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Alabāma f sg (genitive Alabāmae); first declension

(New Latin) Alabama (a state of the United States)

Declension

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative	Alabāma
genitive	Alabāmae
dative	Alabāmae
accusative	Alabāmam
ablative	Alabāmā
vocative	Alabāma
locative	Alabāmae

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:AlabamaWikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Alabama, from Alabama Albaamaha.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /a.laˈba.ma/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ama
Syllabification: A‧la‧ba‧ma

Proper noun

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Alabama f

Alabama (a state of the United States)
Alabama (a river in Alabama)

Declension

[edit] Declension of Alabama

singular
nominative	Alabama
genitive	Alabamy
dative	Alabamie
accusative	Alabamę
instrumental	Alabamą
locative	Alabamie
vocative	Alabamo

Derived terms

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alabamski

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:AlabamaWikipedia pt

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Alabama.

Pronunciation

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(Brazil) IPA(key): /a.laˈbɐ̃.mɐ/

(Brazil) IPA(key): /a.laˈbɐ̃.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.laˈbɐ.ma/

(Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.lɐˈbɐ.mɐ/ [ɐ.lɐˈβɐ.mɐ]

(Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.lɐˈbɐ.mɐ/ [ɐ.lɐˈβɐ.mɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.lɐˈba.mɐ/ [ɐ.lɐˈβa.mɐ]

Rhymes: -ɐ̃mɐ
Hyphenation: A‧la‧ba‧ma

Proper noun

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Alabama m

Alabama (a state of the United States)
Alabama (a river in Alabama)

Romanian

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Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:AlabamaWikipedia ro

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Alabama.

Proper noun

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Alabama

Alabama (a state of the United States)
Alabama (a river in Alabama)

Serbo-Croatian

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Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:AlabamaWikipedia sh

Etymology

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Borrowed from English Alabama.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /alabǎma/
Hyphenation: A‧la‧ba‧ma

Proper noun

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Alabàma f (Cyrillic spelling Алаба̀ма)

Alabama (a state of the United States)
Alabama (a river in Alabama)

Declension

[edit] Declension of Alabama

singular
nominative	Alabama
genitive	Alabame
dative	Alabami
accusative	Alabamu
vocative	Alabamo
locative	Alabami
instrumental	Alabamom

Slovak

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Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:AlabamaWikipedia sk

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈalabama]

Proper noun

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Alabama f (genitive singular Alabamy, declension pattern of žena)

Alabama (a state of the United States)

References

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“Alabama”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /alaˈbama/ [a.laˈβ̞a.ma]
Audio (Peru): (file)
Rhymes: -ama
Syllabification: A‧la‧ba‧ma

Proper noun

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Alabama ?

Alabama (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

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alabamiense

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Alabama.

Pronunciation

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(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalaˈbama/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈbaː.mɐ]
Rhymes: -ama
Syllabification: A‧la‧ba‧ma

Proper noun

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Alabama (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜊᜋ)

Alabama (a state of the United States)

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English

Etymology

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Noun

Translations

Proper noun

Derived terms

Translations

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Further reading

Czech

Etymology

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Proper noun

Declension

Danish

Etymology

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Finnish

Etymology

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Proper noun

Declension

French

Etymology

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Noun

Proper noun

Usage notes

Derived terms

Related terms

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References

Italian

Etymology

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Proper noun

Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Declension

Polish

Etymology

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Proper noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

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Proper noun

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Romanian

Etymology

Proper noun

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Derived terms

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Tagalog

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Proper noun

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