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/
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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
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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
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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