Alabama
See also: alabama
English
Map of US highlighting Alabama
Etymology
From Alabama Albaamaha, the name of a people native to the area. Or from Choctaw albah amo, from albah + amo
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: ă-lə-bă'-mə IPA(key): /ˌæ.lə.ˈbæ.mə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æmə
Translations
Proper noun
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, 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.”
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- 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.
- The University of Alabama.
- Synonym: Bama
Derived terms
terms derived from Alabama
- AL
- Alabam'
- Alabama River
- Alabama rot
- Alabama slammer
- Alabaman
- Alabamian
Translations
U.S. State
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river
language
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See also
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
Further reading
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Alabama terms
Alabama people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Alabama language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ethnologue entry for Alabama, akz
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈalabaːma]
Audio (file)
Declension
Declension of Alabama
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Alabama | Alabamy |
| genitive | Alabamy | Alabam |
| dative | Alabamě | Alabamám |
| accusative | Alabamu | Alabamy |
| vocative | Alabamo | Alabamy |
| locative | Alabamě | Alabamách |
| instrumental | Alabamou | Alabamami |
Danish
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑlɑbɑmɑ/, [ˈɑlɑˌbɑmɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
- Syllabification(key): A‧la‧ba‧ma
Declension
| Inflection of Alabama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Alabama | — | |
| genitive | Alabaman | — | |
| partitive | Alabamaa | — | |
| illative | Alabamaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Alabama | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Alabama | — |
| gen. | Alabaman | ||
| genitive | Alabaman | — | |
| partitive | Alabamaa | — | |
| inessive | Alabamassa | — | |
| elative | Alabamasta | — | |
| illative | Alabamaan | — | |
| adessive | Alabamalla | — | |
| ablative | Alabamalta | — | |
| allative | Alabamalle | — | |
| essive | Alabamana | — | |
| translative | Alabamaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Alabamatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Alabama (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Alabamani | Alabamamme |
| 2nd person | Alabamasi | Alabamanne |
| 3rd person | Alabamansa | |
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.laˈba.ma/
- Rhymes: -ama
- Hyphenation: A‧la‧bà‧ma
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.laˈbaː.ma/, [äɫ̪äˈbäːmä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.laˈba.ma/, [äläˈbäːmä]
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Alabāma |
| Genitive | Alabāmae |
| Dative | Alabāmae |
| Accusative | Alabāmam |
| Ablative | Alabāmā |
| Vocative | Alabāma |
| Locative | Alabāmae |
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.laˈba.ma/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ama
- Syllabification: A‧la‧ba‧ma
Declension
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.laˈbɐ̃.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.laˈbɐ.ma/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.lɐˈbɐ.mɐ/ [ɐ.lɐˈβɐ.mɐ]
- Hyphenation: A‧la‧ba‧ma
Proper noun
Alabama m
- Alabama (a state of the United States)
- Alabama (a river in the southeastern region, United States)
Romanian
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alabǎma/
- Hyphenation: A‧la‧ba‧ma
Proper noun
Alabàma f (Cyrillic spelling Алаба̀ма)
- Alabama (river)
- Alabama (a state of the United States)
Declension
Declension of Alabama
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Alabama |
| genitive | Alabame |
| dative | Alabami |
| accusative | Alabamu |
| vocative | Alabamo |
| locative | Alabami |
| instrumental | Alabamom |
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈalabama]
Proper noun
Alabama f (genitive singular Alabamy, declension pattern of žena)
- Alabama (a state of the United States)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alaˈbama/ [a.laˈβ̞a.ma]
- Rhymes: -ama
- Syllabification: A‧la‧ba‧ma
Derived terms
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: A‧la‧ba‧ma
- IPA(key): /ʔalaˈbama/, [ʔɐ.lɐˈba.mɐ]
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