Alabama

See also: alabama

English

Map of US highlighting Alabama

Etymology

From Alabama Albaamaha, the name of a people formerly native to the area.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ă-lə-bă'-mə IPA^(key): /ˌæ.lə.ˈbæ.mə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æmə

Proper noun

Alabama

1. A state of the United States. Capital: Montgomery. Largest city: Birmingham.
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.
3. An indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama.

   Synonym: Alibamu

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

   Synonym: Alibamu

5. A town in New York; named for the state.
6. The University of Alabama.

Derived terms

terms derived from Alabama

• AL
• Alabam'
• Alabama River
• Alabama rot

• Alabama slammer
• Alabaman
• Alabamian

Translations

U.S. State

• Arabic: أَلَابَامَا f (ʾalabāmā)
• Azerbaijani: Alabama (az)
• Cherokee: ᎢᎳᏆᎹ (ilaquama)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿拉巴馬州／阿拉巴马州 (zh), 阿拉巴马州 (zh) (Ālābāmǎ-zhōu)

• Czech: Alabama (cs) f
• Danish: Alabama
• Esperanto: Alabamo
• Finnish: Alabama (fi)
• French: Alabama (fr)
• Galician: Alabama (gl) f
• Georgian: ალაბამა (alabama)
• German: Alabama (de)
• Hebrew: אלבמה
• Hindi: अलाबामा m (alābāmā)
• Italian: Alabama (it) f
• Japanese: アラバマ州 (Arabama-shū)
• Macedonian: Алаба́ма f (Alabáma)
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• 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
• Thai: แอละแบมา (ɛɛ-lá-bɛɛ-mâa)
• Turkish: Alabama (tr)
• Vietnamese: Alabama, A-la-ba-ma
• Yiddish: אַלאַבאַמאַ (alabama)

river

• Finnish: Alabama-joki
• German: Alabama (de)
• Occitan: Alabama (oc) m
• Polish: Alabama (pl) f
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• Portuguese: Alabama (pt) m
• Romanian: Alabama (ro)
• Thai: แอละแบมา (ɛɛ-lá-bɛɛ-mâa)

tribe

• Alabama: Albaamaha
• Finnish: alabamat
• French: Alabama (fr)
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• Portuguese: alabama (pt) m pl
• Russian: алаба́ма f (alabáma)
• Thai: แอละแบมา (ɛɛ-lá-bɛɛ-mâa)

language

• Alabama: Albaamo innaaɬiilka
• Finnish: alabama
• Khmer: អាលឡាបបាមម៉ា (aallaabbaammaa)
• Portuguese: alabama (pt) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: alabama f
• Russian: алаба́ма m or f (alabáma), язы́к алаба́ма m (jazýk alabáma)
• Thai: แอละแบมา (ɛɛ-lá-bɛɛ-mâa)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Alabama

Further reading

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

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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)

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Proper noun

Alabama (genitive Alabamas)

1. Alabama (a state of the United States)

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Alabama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlɑbɑmɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lɑ̝ˌbɑ̝mɑ̝]
• Hyphenation: 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 — —

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Italian

Etymology

From English Alabama.

Proper noun

Alabama m

1. Alabama (a state of the United States)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Proper noun

Alabama m

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

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Proper noun

Alabama

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

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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 (river)
2. 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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alaˈbama/ [a.laˈβ̞a.ma]

Proper noun

Alabama ?

1. Alabama (a state of the United States)

Related terms

• alabamense

See also

• Alabama on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es