I. ˌaləˈbamə sometimes -ämə or -ȧmə esp in places distant from the state of Alabama; attrib | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun
also al·i·bamu -(ˌ)mü
( plural alabama or alabamas also alibamu or alibamus )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: probably from Choctaw alba ayamule I make a clearing
1.
a. : a Muskogean people of central Alabama and of the Creek confederacy
b. : a member of such people
2. : the language of the Alabama people
II. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Alabama, state in the southern U.S., probably from the Alabama river, probably from the Alabama people
: of or from the state of Alabama
Alabama highways
: of the kind or style prevalent in Alabama : alabamian
III. noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Alabama, state
: a genus of moths (family Noctuidae) including a species of which the larva is the destructive cotton leafworm