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# alabama

«alabama» in Mova's school dictionary: **A state in the south-east of the United States; its…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

proper noun (Alabama)

### meaning for a pupil

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

2) A river in that state. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabama/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «alabama» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabama/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.