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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -æmə

Noun

Alabama pl (plural only)

  1. An indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama.
    Synonym: Alibamu

Translations

Proper noun

Alabama

  1. 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.”
  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. A Muskogean language, spoken by the Alabama people.
    Synonym: Alibamu
  4. A town in New York; named for the state.
  5. The University of Alabama.
    Synonym: Bama

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)
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

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈalabaːma]
  • (file)

Proper noun

Alabama f

  1. Alabama (a state of the United States)

Declension

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): /ˈɑlɑbɑmɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lɑ̝ˌbɑ̝mɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
  • Syllabification(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 —
instructive — —
abessive Alabamatta —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Alabama (type kala)
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 —
instructive — —
abessive Alabamattani —
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 —
instructive — —
abessive Alabamattasi —
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 —
instructive — —
abessive Alabamattamme —
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 —
instructive — —
abessive Alabamattanne —
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
—
instructive — —
abessive Alabamattaan
Alabamattansa
—
comitative — —

Italian

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) IPA(key): /a.laˈbaː.ma/, [äɫ̪äˈbäːmä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.laˈba.ma/, [äläˈbäːmä]

Proper noun

Alabāma f sg (genitive Alabāmae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Alabama

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama, from Alabama Albaamaha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.laˈba.ma/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: A‧la‧ba‧ma

Proper noun

Alabama f

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

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • Alabama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Alabama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

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

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Proper noun

Alabama

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

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈalabama]

Proper noun

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

  1. Alabama (a state of the United States)

References

  • Alabama in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alaˈbama/ [a.laˈβ̞a.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: A‧la‧ba‧ma

Proper noun

Alabama ?

  1. Alabama (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

See also

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: A‧la‧ba‧ma
  • IPA(key): /ʔalaˈbama/, [ʔɐ.lɐˈba.mɐ]

Proper noun

Alabama

  1. Alabama (a state of the United States)
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