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

Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama — because Colorado allows mail-in ballots.

From Salon

Richardson wrote that he would soon be traveling to the church from Alabama and that he had selected St. Michael’s Abbey because it is one of the few places of worship that still celebrates Michaelmas.

From Los Angeles Times

The scan count for the next game, against Alabama State, was just a smidgen higher at 14,093.

From Los Angeles Times

An Alabama man who allegedly made criminal threats to a church in Orange County was arrested and found with body armor and an assortment of weapons, according to authorities.

From Los Angeles Times

Six hundred troops will be ready to deploy within an hour, half at a base in Alabama and the other half in Arizona.

From Salon