Alabama

Al·a·bam·a ¹  (l-bm)

n. pl. Alabama or Al·a·bam·as

1.

a. A tribe of the Creek confederacy formerly inhabiting southern Alabama and now located in eastern Texas.

b. A member of this tribe.

2. The Muskogean language of the Alabama.

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Al·a·bam·a ²  (l-bm) Abbr. AL or Ala.

A state of the southeast United States. It was admitted as the 22nd state in 1819. Alabama was first explored by the Spanish, and the southern section was claimed by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase (1803). Montgomery is the capital and Birmingham the largest city. Population: 4,630,000.

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Ala·bami·an (-bm-n), Ala·baman adj. & n.

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Alabama [ˌæləˈbæmə]

n

1. (Placename) a state of the southeastern US, on the Gulf of Mexico: consists of coastal and W lowlands crossed by the Tombigbee, Black Warrior, and Alabama Rivers, with parts of the Tennessee Valley and Cumberland Plateau in the north; noted for producing cotton and white marble. Capital: Montgomery. Pop.: 4 447 100 (2000). Area: 131 333 sq. km (50 708 sq. miles) Abbreviations Ala (with zip code), AL

2. (Placename) a river in Alabama, flowing southwest to the Mobile and Tensaw Rivers. Length: 507 km (315 miles)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Alabama - a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War Camellia State, Heart of Dixie, AL battle of Chickamauga, Chickamauga - a Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Gulf States - a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 South - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line Deep South - the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery capital of Alabama, Montgomery - the state capital of Alabama on the Mobile River Birmingham, Pittsburgh of the South - the largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama Decatur - a town in northern Alabama on the Tennessee River Gadsden - an industrial town in north central Alabama Huntsville - a city in northern Alabama; center for space research Mobile - a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay Selma - a town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters Tuscaloosa - a university town in west central Alabama Tuskegee - a town in eastern Alabama Alabama River, Alabama - 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 Coosa, Coosa River - river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through eastern Alabama to join the Tallapoosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River Mobile, Mobile River - a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay Mobile Bay - a bay of the Gulf of Mexico; fed by the Mobile River Tallapoosa, Tallapoosa River - river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through central Alabama to join the Coosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River Tombigbee, Tombigbee River - a river that rises in northeastern Mississippi and flows southward through western Alabama to join the Alabama River and form the Mobile River
	2.	Alabama - a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in what is now the state of Alabama; "the Alabamas were members of the Creek Confederacy" Creek Confederacy - a North American Indian confederacy organized by the Muskogee that dominated the southeastern part of the United States before being removed to Oklahoma Muskhogean, Muskogean - a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages
	3.	Alabama - 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 Alabama River Alabama, Camellia State, Heart of Dixie, AL - a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
	4.	Alabama - the Muskhogean language of the Alabama Muskhogean language, Muskogean language, Muskhogean, Muskogean - a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States