Alabama
[al-uh-bam-uh]
- a state in the SE United States. 51,609 sq. mi. (133,670 sq. km). Capital: Montgomery. Abbreviation: AL (for use with zip code), Ala.
- a river flowing SW from central Alabama to the Mobile River. 315 miles (505 km) long.
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Examples from the Web for alabama
Contemporary Examples
For their trip to New Orleans against Alabama, Ohio State is bringing in a cool $17 million.
South Carolina and Alabama courts have already ruled late-pregnancy substance abuse can be considered a form of child abuse.
In Alabama, an arrested 19-year-old shoplifter got gangrene and died naked on the floor of a “medical observation cell.”
Born and raised in Mobile, Alabama, Brown seems to believe that this is simply another example of a systemic overhaul.
Since the spill, the number of unemployed residents in Louisiana and Alabama has only increased.
Historical Examples
A gentleman from Alabama who walked in a presidential, but ran in a senatorial, race.
Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to DateAnonymous
Alabama has an average of 35 per square mile; Georgia, 37; South Carolina, 44.
The Negro FarmerCarl Kelsey
One of the most interesting of these meetings was the one held in Birmingham, Alabama.
Negro Migration during the WarEmmett J. Scott
By September, 1916, the movement in Alabama was well under way.
Negro Migration during the WarEmmett J. Scott
We convoyed to keep the Alabama, a Confederate privateer, away.
Alabama
- 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)Abbreviation: Ala, (with zip code) AL
- a river in Alabama, flowing southwest to the Mobile and Tensaw Rivers. Length: 507 km (315 miles)
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Word Origin and History for alabama
Alabama
created and named as a U.S. territory 1817 by a division of Mississippi Territory; ultimately named for one of the native peoples who lived there, who speak Muskogean. Their name probably is from a Choctaw term meaning "plant-cutters."
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Alabama
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.
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Note
One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.
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