Standard Lemma guide

Alabama

name · noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: ă-lə-bă'-mə
  • US: /ˌæ.ləˈbæmə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • South-Asia: /ələˈbɑmɑ/
  • South-Asia: /ˈaləbɑmɑ/
  • South-Asia: /-bamɑ/
  • rhymes with -æmə
  • CMU ARPABET: AE2 L AH0 B AE1 M AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A state of the United States. Capital: Montgomery. Largest city: Birmingham.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A Muskogean language, spoken by the Alabama people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Alibamu

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A town in New York; named for the state.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

Ellipsis of University of Alabama.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Bama, Tuscaloser

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

An indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Alibamu

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A member of these people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the Muskhogean language of the Alabama

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Muskhogean, Muskhogean language, Muskogean, Muskogean language

9

noun

Meaning 9

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Heart of Dixie, Camellia State, AL

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: South, American state

10

noun

Meaning 10

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Alabama River

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: river

11

noun

Meaning 11

a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in what is now the state of Alabama

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Alabamas were members of the Creek Confederacy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Muskhogean, Muskogean

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: አላባማ (ʾälabama) — U.S. State
  • Arabic: أَلَابَامَا (ʔalabāmā) — U.S. State
  • Aramaic: ܐܠܒܐܡܐ — U.S. State
  • Azerbaijani: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Bengali: অ্যালাবামা (êlabama) — U.S. State
  • Cherokee: ᎢᎳᏆᎹ (ilaquama) — U.S. State
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿拉巴馬州 /阿拉巴马州 (Ālābāmǎ-zhōu) — U.S. State
  • Czech: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Danish: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Esperanto: Alabamo — U.S. State
  • Finnish: Alabama — U.S. State
  • French: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Galician: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Georgian: ალაბამა (alabama) — U.S. State
  • German: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Greek: Αλαμπάμα (Alampáma) — U.S. State
  • Hawaiian: ʻAlapama — U.S. State
  • Hebrew: אלבמה — U.S. State
  • Hindi: अलाबामा (alābāmā) — U.S. State
  • Hungarian: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Italian: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Japanese: アラバマ州 (Arabama-shū) — U.S. State
  • Khmer: អាឡាបាម៉ា (ʼaalaabaamaa) — U.S. State
  • Korean: 앨라배마 (Aellabaema) — U.S. State
  • Lao: ອາລາບາມາ (ʼā lā bā mā) — U.S. State
  • Latin: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Latvian: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Macedonian: Алаба́ма (Alabáma) — U.S. State
  • Malayalam: അലബാമ (alabāma) — U.S. State
  • Navajo: Élábéemah hahoodzo — U.S. State
  • Occitan: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Persian: آلاباما (âlâbâmâ) — U.S. State
  • Polish: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Portuguese: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Romanian: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Russian: Алаба́ма (Alabáma) — U.S. State
  • Serbo-Croatian: Алаба̀ма — U.S. State
  • Serbo-Croatian: Alabàma — U.S. State
  • Spanish: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Tagalog: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Tamil: அலபாமா (alapāmā) — U.S. State
  • Thai: แอละแบมา (ɛɛ-lá-bɛɛ-mâa) — U.S. State
  • Turkish: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Ukrainian: Алаба́ма (Alabáma) — U.S. State
  • Uyghur: ئالاباما (alabama) — U.S. State
  • Vietnamese: Alabama — U.S. State
  • Vietnamese: A-la-ba-ma — U.S. State
  • Yiddish: אַלאַבאַמאַ (alabama) — U.S. State
  • Finnish: Alabama-joki — river
  • German: Alabama — river
  • Korean: 앨라배마 (Aellabaema) — river
  • Lao: ແມ່ນ້ໍາອາລາບາມາ (mǣ namʼā lā bā mā) — river
  • Occitan: Alabama — river
  • Polish: Alabama — river
  • Portuguese: Alabama — river
  • Romanian: Alabama — river
  • Thai: แม่น้ําแอละแบมา — river
  • Ukrainian: Алаба́ма (Alabáma) — river
  • Alabama: Albaamo innaaɬiilka — language
  • Finnish: alabama — language
  • Khmer: អាលឡាបបាមម៉ា (aallaabbaammaa) — language
  • Korean: 알리바무 (allibamu) — language
  • Lao: ອາລາບາມາ (ʼā lā bā mā) — language
  • Lao: ພາສາອາລາບາມາ (phā sāʼā lā bā mā) — language
  • Portuguese: alabama — language
  • Romanian: alabama — language
  • Russian: алаба́ма (alabáma) — language
  • Russian: язы́к алаба́ма (jazýk alabáma) — language
  • Sicilian: alabbama — language
  • Thai: แอละแบมา (ɛɛ-lá-bɛɛ-mâa) — language
  • Ukrainian: алаба́мська мо́ва (alabámsʹka móva) — language
  • Alabama: Albaamaha — tribe
  • Chickasaw: Alibaamo' — tribe
  • Finnish: alabamat — tribe
  • French: Alabama — tribe
  • Korean: 알바아마하 (albaamaha) — tribe
  • Portuguese: alabama — tribe
  • Russian: алаба́ма (alabáma) — tribe
  • Thai: แอละแบมา (ɛɛ-lá-bɛɛ-mâa) — tribe
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