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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

/ ˌæəˈæə /

noun

  1. 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) AbbreviationAlawith zip codeAL
  2. a river in Alabama, flowing southwest to the Mobile and Tensaw Rivers. Length: 507 km (315 miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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 .
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Notes

One of the Confederate states during the Civil War .
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Other Word Forms

  • ···· [al-, uh, -, bam, -ee-, uh, n], ··· adjective noun
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Example Sentences

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“He ran 4.4, ran for a bunch of yards and had an unbelievable game against LSU. Single-handedly put Alabama on his shoulders.”

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Other locations will open in Washington state, Alabama and New York.

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But in 2019, I found myself in Montgomery, Alabama, the first capital of the Confederacy.

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Alabama is all she’s ever known, aside from a brief stint in Athens, where she first set out to make a name for herself at the University of Georgia.

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He co-wrote original songs with Brittany Howard, onetime lead singer of the Alabama Shakes, and Raphael Saadiq, the R&B maestro from Oakland, which became key moments in the plot.

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