Alabama

Alabama
noun
1. a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War (Freq. 3)
• Syn: ↑Heart of Dixie, ↑Camellia State, ↑AL
• Members of this Region: ↑Chickamauga, ↑battle of Chickamauga
• Hypernyms: ↑South
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state
• Part Holonyms:
• Part Meronyms:
2. a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in what is now the state of Alabama
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the Alabamas were members of the Creek Confederacy

• Hypernyms: ↑Muskhogean, ↑Muskogean
• Member Holonyms: ↑Creek Confederacy
3. 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
• Syn: ↑Alabama River
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑river
• Part Holonyms: ↑Heart of Dixie, ↑Camellia State, ↑AL
4. the Muskhogean language of the Alabama

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Alabama [Alabama]
a southern US state, also called the Yellowhammer State, the Cotton State and the Heart of ↑Dixie. The capital city is ↑Montgomery and the largest city is ↑Birmingham. Important industries include the production of paper, ↑textiles, chemicals and metals. It also has many agricultural products, including milk, wheat and cotton.

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