Alabama

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English

Map of US highlighting Alabama
English Wikipedia has an article on:
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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

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, 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.”
  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

terms derived from Alabama

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

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Pronunciation

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

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Wikipedia da

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/,
  • 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 —
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

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Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama, itself likely from Alabama Albaamaha.

Pronunciation

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 River (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

Related terms

See also

Divisions of the United States of America in French (layout · text)
États: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · Californie · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Floride · Géorgie · Hawaï · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiane · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · Nouveau-Mexique · État de New York · Caroline du Nord · Dakota du Nord · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvanie · Rhode Island · Caroline du Sud · Dakota du Sud · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginie · Washington · Virginie-Occidentale · Wisconsin · Wyoming
District fédéral: Washington
Territoires: Samoa américaines · Guam · Îles Mariannes du Nord · Porto Rico · îles mineures éloignées des États-Unis · Îles Vierges des États-Unis

References

  1. ^ Office québécois de la langue française (2016) “Les prépositions devant un nom d’État américain [Prepositions in front of a US state name.]”, in Banque de dépannage linguistique‎ (in French)

Italian

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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

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia la

Pronunciation

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

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama, from Alabama Albaamaha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.laˈba.ma/
  • Audio(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

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

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • Alabama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • 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

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ro

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Proper noun

Alabama

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Wikipedia sh

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

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Pronunciation

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, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alaˈbama/
  • Audio (Peru):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: A‧la‧ba‧ma

Proper noun

Alabama ?

  1. Alabama (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

See also

Divisions of the United States of America in Spanish (layout · text)
Estados: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawái · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Luisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Míchigan · Minnesota · Misisipi · Misuri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · Nuevo Hampshire · Nueva Jersey · Nuevo México · Nueva York · Carolina del Norte · Dakota del Norte · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregón · Pensilvania · Rhode Island · Carolina del Sur · Dakota del Sur · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · Virginia Occidental · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Distrito federal: Washington D. C.
territorio: Samoa Americana · Guam · Islas Marianas del Norte · Puerto Rico · islas Ultramarinas Menores de los Estados Unidos · Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Alabama.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Alabama (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜊᜋ)

  1. Alabama (a state of the United States)
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