Alabama

See also: alabama, Ālābāmǎ, and A-la-ba-ma

English

Flag of Alabama

Alternative forms

• Alabammer (pronunciation spelling)

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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăl-ə-băm'ə
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə/
  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə/, [ˌæl.əˈbɛəm.ə] (/æ/ raising)

    • Audio (Connecticut):

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    • Audio (Inland Northern American):

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    • Audio (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Inland Northern American):

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  • (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌæl.əˈbæm.ə/
• (South Asia) IPA^(key): /ələˈbɑmɑ/, /ˈaləbɑmɑ/, /-bamɑ/
• Rhymes: -æmə

Noun

Alabama (countable and uncountable, plural Alabamas)

1. An indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama. [from 1708]

   Synonym: Alibamu

2. A member of these people.

Translations

tribe

• Alabama: Albaamaha pl
• 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

Alabama

2. 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], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 26 April 2015:

     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.”

4. 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.
5. A Muskogean language, spoken by the Alabama people.

   Synonym: Alibamu

   • 2024 March 2, Maeve T. Brennan, “‘I Want People to Know It’: Ava E. Silva ’27 Works to Preserve the Alabama Language”, in The Crimson‎^[3]:

     When Ava E. Silva ’27, a Crimson Arts editor, gave a presentation to the Harvard Undergraduate Linguistics Society about Alabama, an endangered language of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe, she asked her grandmother to record a short video introducing herself in the language. Silva’s grandmother — or áapo, in Alabama — sent back a two-minute long video, but it didn’t exactly follow the script Silva had given her.

6. A town in New York; named for the state.
8. Ellipsis of University of Alabama.

   Synonyms: Bama (informal), Tuscaloser (derogatory)

   Coordinate terms: Alabama State, Bama State, ASU (not to be confused)

Derived terms

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

Translations

U.S. State

• 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

  Latin: Alabàma f

• Spanish: Alabama (es)
• Tagalog: Alabama
• Tajik: Алабама (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)

Further reading

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Alabama terms
• Alabama people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alabama language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ethnologue entry for Alabama, akz ⁠

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalabaːma]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Alabama f

1. Alabama (a state of the United States)

Declension

Declension of Alabama (sg-only hard feminine)

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

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Proper noun

Alabama (genitive Alabamas)

1. Alabama (a state of the United States)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Alabama.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Alabama

1. Alabama (a state of the United States)

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	—
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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — gen. Alabamansa genitive Alabamansa — partitive Alabamaansa — inessive Alabamassaan Alabamassansa — elative Alabamastaan Alabamastansa — illative Alabamaansa — adessive Alabamallaan Alabamallansa — ablative Alabamaltaan Alabamaltansa — allative Alabamalleen Alabamallensa — essive Alabamanaan Alabamanansa — translative Alabamakseen Alabamaksensa — abessive Alabamattaan Alabamattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama, itself likely from Alabama Albaamaha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.la.ba.ma/

• Audio:

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Noun

Alabama m pl (plural only)

1. Alabama (people)

Proper noun

Alabama m

1. 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.

2. Alabama (a river in Alabama)

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• alabamien, alabamienne
• Alabamien, Alabamienne

Related terms

• alabama

Italian

Alabama

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Alabama m

1. Alabama (a state of the United States)

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Alabāma f sg (genitive Alabāmae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Alabama Albaamaha

English Alabamabor.

Polish Alabama

Borrowed from English Alabama, from Alabama Albaamaha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.laˈba.ma/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: A‧la‧ba‧ma

Proper noun

Alabama f

1. Alabama (a state of the United States)

   pieczęć Alabamy ― seal of Alabama

   Największym skupiskiem miejskim w stanie Alabama jest Birmingham. ― The largest urban area in the state of Alabama is Birmingham.

2. Alabama (a river in Alabama)

   Rzeka Alabama wpada do rzeki Mobile. ― The Alabama River flows into the Mobile River.

Declension

Declension of Alabama

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

Derived terms

adjective

• alabamski

Further reading

• “Alabama”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.laˈbɐ̃.mɐ/

 

• (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]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɐˈbɐ.mɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐmɐ
• Hyphenation: A‧la‧ba‧ma

Proper noun

Alabama m (demonym alabamiense)

1. Alabama (a state of the United States)
2. Alabama (a river in Alabama)

See also

states of the United States: estados dos Estados Unidosedit

• Alabama
• Alasca
• Arizona
• Arkansas ~ Arcansas
• Califórnia
• Carolina do Norte
• Carolina do Sul
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Dacota do Norte
• Dacota do Sul
• Delaware
• Flórida
• Geórgia
• Havaí (Brazil) ~ Havai (Portugal)
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas ~ Cansas
• Kentucky
• Luisiana
• Maine
• Maryland ~ Marilândia
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi ~ Mississípi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebrasca
• Nevada
• Nova Hampshire
• Nova Iorque
• Nova Jérsei (Brazil) ~ Nova Jérsia (Portugal)
• Novo México
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pensilvânia
• Rhode Island
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virgínia
• Virgínia Ocidental
• Washington
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Proper noun

Alabama

1. Alabama (a state of the United States)
2. Alabama (a river in Alabama)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Alabàma f (Cyrillic spelling Алаба̀ма)

1. Alabama (a state of the United States)
2. Alabama (a river in Alabama)

Declension

Declension of Alabama

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alabama/, [ˈalabama]
• Rhymes: -ama
• Hyphenation: A‧la‧ba‧ma

Proper noun

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

1. Alabama (a state of the United States)

References

• “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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alaˈbama/ [a.laˈβ̞a.ma]

• Audio (Peru):

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: A‧la‧ba‧ma

Proper noun

Alabama ?

1. Alabama (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

• alabamiense

See also

• Alabama on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Alabama (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜊᜋ)

1. Alabama (a state of the United States)

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• A-la-ba-ma

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Proper noun

Alabama

1. Alabama (a state of the United States)