Alabama

Definitions

1. An indigenous Muscogee people of central Alabama.
   countable, uncountable
2. A state of the United States. Capital: Montgomery. Largest city: Birmingham.
3. A member of these people.
   countable, uncountable
4. A river in Alabama; flowing 318 miles from the confluence of the Tallapoosa and Coosa near Coosada until its confluence with the Tombigbee, forming the Mobile, near Calvert.
5. A Muskogean language, spoken by the Alabama people.
6. A town in New York; named for the state.
7. Ellipsis of University of Alabama.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

Examples

“That’s right. In fact, a law which passed in Mississippi is so restrictive, it could close⟳ the one remaining abortion clinic they have⟳ in the entire state, meaning a Mississippi woman, right now, could be saying to herself, “I need⟳ to go someplace more progressive like⟳ Alabama.””

“So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take⟳ part in a third mass march⟳ from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer⟳ was “Why, of course.””

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