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# alabama

proper noun (Alabama)

«alabama» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A state in the south-east of the United States; its capital is Montgomery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabama/#m1)
2. A river in that state. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabama/#m2)

### In the lessons

Met in geography and US history lessons, especially about the civil rights movement: the Montgomery bus boycott and Rosa Parks happened in Alabama. Phrases: in Alabama, from Alabama, the state of Alabama.

### Examples

- Alabama is in the south of the United States. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabama/#x1)
- Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat in Alabama. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabama/#x2)
- My cousin lives in Alabama. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabama/#x3)
- Alabama has warm, wet summers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabama/#x4)
- Rockets have been built in Alabama. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabama/#x5)
- The Alabama River flows into the Gulf of Mexico. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabama/#x6)

### Note

A name: always written with a capital A. Pronounced al-a-BAM-a. People from there are Alabamians. Usually short form AL.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «alabama» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabama/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«alabama» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/alabama.html) on Mova free.