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 (synset 109075641)
    domain member region: battle of chickamauga, chickamauga - a Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces
    is a type of: south - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
    is an instance of: american state - one of the 50 states of the United States
    belongs to: confederacy, confederate states, confederate states of america, dixie, dixieland, south - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
    has:
    • capital of alabama, montgomery - the state capital of Alabama on the Mobile River
    • birmingham, pittsburgh of the south - the largest city in Alabama; located in northeastern Alabama
    • decatur - a town in northern Alabama on the Tennessee River
    • gadsden - an industrial town in north central Alabama
    • huntsville - a city in northern Alabama; center for space research
    • mobile - a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay
    • selma - a town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters
    • tuscaloosa - a university town in west central Alabama
    • tuskegee - a town in eastern Alabama
    • alabama, alabama river - 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
    • coosa, coosa river - river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through eastern Alabama to join the Tallapoosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River
    • mobile, mobile river - a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay
    • mobile bay - a bay of the Gulf of Mexico; fed by the Mobile River
    • tallapoosa, tallapoosa river - river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through central Alabama to join the Coosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River
    • tombigbee, tombigbee river - a river that rises in northeastern Mississippi and flows southward through western Alabama to join the Alabama River and form the Mobile River
    is a part of:
    • america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
    • gulf states - a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas
    • deep south - the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery
    same as: al, ala., camellia state, heart of dixie
  2. A member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in what is now the state of Alabama (synset 109666058)
    "the Alabamas were members of the Creek Confederacy"
    is a type of: muskhogean, muskogean - a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages
    belongs to: creek confederacy - a North American Indian confederacy organized by the Muskogee that dominated the southeastern part of the United States before being removed to Oklahoma
  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 (synset 109214753)
    is an instance of: river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
    is a part of: al, ala., alabama, camellia state, heart of dixie - a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
    same as: alabama river
  4. The Muskhogean language of the Alabama (synset 106925024)
    is a type of: muskhogean, muskhogean language, muskogean, muskogean language - a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States

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