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/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æmə
Translations
Proper noun
Alabama
- 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.”
- 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.
- A Muskogean language, spoken by the Alabama people.
- Synonym: Alibamu
- A town in New York; named for the state.
- The University of Alabama.
- Synonym: Bama
Derived terms
terms derived from Alabama
- AL
- Alabam'
- Alabama Lane cake
- Alabama River
- Alabama rot
- Alabama slammer
- Alabaman
- Alabamian
- Florabama
- Floribama
Translations
U.S. State
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river
language
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See also
| 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
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Alabama terms
Alabama people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Alabama language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ethnologue entry for Alabama, akz
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈalabaːma]
Audio (file)
Danish
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑlɑbɑmɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lɑ̝ˌbɑ̝mɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
- Syllabification(key): A‧la‧ba‧ma
Declension
| Inflection of Alabama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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| 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. | |||
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.la.ba.ma/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Alabama m
- 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.
- 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.[1]
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
| 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
- 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.laˈba.ma/
- Rhymes: -ama
- Hyphenation: A‧la‧bà‧ma
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.laˈbaː.ma/, [äɫ̪äˈbäːmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.laˈba.ma/, [äläˈbäːmä]
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.laˈba.ma/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ama
- Syllabification: A‧la‧ba‧ma
Declension
Further reading
- Alabama in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.laˈbɐ̃.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.laˈbɐ.ma/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.lɐˈbɐ.mɐ/ [ɐ.lɐˈβɐ.mɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.lɐˈba.mɐ/ [ɐ.lɐˈβa.mɐ]
- Hyphenation: A‧la‧ba‧ma
Proper noun
Alabama m
- Alabama (a state of the United States)
- Alabama (a river in the southeastern region, United States)
Romanian
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alabǎma/
- Hyphenation: A‧la‧ba‧ma
Proper noun
Alabàma f (Cyrillic spelling Алаба̀ма)
- Alabama (river)
- Alabama (a state of the United States)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈalabama]
Proper noun
Alabama f (genitive singular Alabamy, declension pattern of žena)
- 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/ [a.laˈβ̞a.ma]
Audio (Peru): (file) - Rhymes: -ama
- Syllabification: A‧la‧ba‧ma
Derived terms
See also
- Alabama on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
| 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
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalaˈbama/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈba.mɐ]
- Rhymes: -ama
- Syllabification: A‧la‧ba‧ma
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