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Alabama

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Noun

1. al, alabama, camellia state, heart of dixie

a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

2. alabama

a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in what is now the state of Alabama

Example Sentences:
'the Alabamas were members of the Creek Confederacy'

3. alabama, alabama river

a river in Alabama formed by the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers near Montgomery; flows southwestward to become a tributary of the Mobile River

4. alabama

the Muskhogean language of the Alabama

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Alabama

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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)
. Abbreviation: Ala or ()in with zip code AL
2. 
a river in Alabama, flowing southwest to the Mobile and Tensaw Rivers. Length: 507 km (315 miles)

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Alabama

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1. 
Southern state of the SE U.S., on the Gulf of Mexico: admitted, 1819; 50,744 sq mi (131,426 sq km); pop. 4,447,000; cap. Montgomery
abbrev. AL or Ala
2. 
river flowing through central and SW Ala., joining the Tombigbee to form the Mobile river: 315 mi (607 km)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Alabama

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n. pl. Alabama or Al·a·bam·as
1. A member of a tribe of the Creek confederacy formerly inhabiting southern Alabama and now located in eastern Texas.
2. The Muskogean language of the Alabama.
A state of the southeast United States. It was admitted as the 22nd state in 1819. Alabama was first explored by the Spanish, and the southern section was claimed by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase (1803). Montgomery is the capital and Birmingham the largest city.

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