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Where does “Alabama” come from?

Alabama comes from Albaamaha, a Muskogean language word of unknown meaning.

Ancestry of “Alabama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlabamaAlbaamaha—

Words derived from “Alabama”

  • alabamine
  • bamma
  • alabama
  • Alabama
  • Alabama
  • Αλαμπάμα
  • Alabama
  • Alabama
  • Alabama
  • แอละแบมา
Every word from Alabama Albaamaha →