Alabama

[al-uh-bam-uh]

noun

1. a state in the southeastern United States. 51,609 sq. mi. (133,670 sq. km). Montgomery. AL (for use with zip code), Ala.

2. a river flowing southwest from central Alabama to the Mobile River. 315 miles (505 km) long.

Alabama

/ ˌæləˈbæmə /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Ala.  AL. 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: 4 500 752 (2003 est). Area: 131 333 sq km (50 708 sq miles)

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

Alabama

1. State in the southeastern United States bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Its capital is Montgomery, and its largest city is Birmingham.

One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.

Other Word Forms

• Alabamian adjective
• Alabaman adjective

Example Sentences

Several states, including Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas, are already doing so, while others have pushed back on the administration’s efforts.

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Riverchase Galleria, Alabama’s largest enclosed shopping center, is a huge regional draw.

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In early 1956 he rallied with Montgomery bus boycott participants in Alabama.

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Once freed from slavery, Washington toiled in coal mines, worked as a janitor in exchange for formal education and became a great American orator and leader of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

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Gkolomeev talked it over with his wife Lindsay, a former swimmer at the University of Alabama.

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