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Ala·bama (al′ə bam′ə)

  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)

Etymology: < Fr Alibamon < name of a Muskogean tribe < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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