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Most people think "Alabama" comes from the Chotaw word aliamu, which means "thicket-clearers."
The name of the state Alabama is of Choctaw origin. First mentioned in April of 1742, the Choctaw phrase "albah amo"means "the thicket clearers". Today, there is a tribe named Albaamu after the phrase.
Alabama means "tribal town" in the Creek Indian language and "plant cutters" in Choctaw. The French recorded the Alabama River as something like "where the Alabamians live". So whatever the correct etymology is the name stuck and Alabama is named for the Native Americans that lived there. It comes from the Alabama Indians a Native American culture that lived in the area. The name may be from the Choctaw language meaning "plant cutters" but its certain etymology is unclear. In any case they were known by that name to the early French explorers of the region.
Cosgrove is an English surname meaning Cos's grove or thicket. Cos- was an Irish personal name adopted by the English- shortened from Coscrach- which means victory or triumph.
Alabama river.The Alabama River was named by early European explorers after the Indian tribe that lived in the territory and first appeared in 1540 spelled as "Alibamu", "Alibamo" and even "Limamu" in the journals of the Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto (c.1500-1542). The origin of the name Alabama is thought to come from a combination of two Choctaw words; Alba and Amo. In Choctaw, "Alba" means vegetation, herbs, plants and "Amo" means gatherer or picker. "Vegetation gatherers" would be an apt description for the Alabama Indians who cleared much land for agricultural purposes.The word "Alabama" translates to "tribal town" in the language of the local Creek Indians.There exist old Spanish maps showing a river with the name of "Alabamos al Señor", meaning the "We Worship God River." This might be an alternative suggestion for the origin of the name of the state: Alabamos is very close to Alabama.
Most people think "Alabama" comes from the Chotaw word aliamu, which means "thicket-clearers."
The name of the state Alabama is of Choctaw origin. First mentioned in April of 1742, the Choctaw phrase "albah amo"means "the thicket clearers". Today, there is a tribe named Albaamu after the phrase.
It is probably taken from the Choctaw language where the word Alba means plants or weeds and amo for 'to cut' when combined it was 'plant cutters' which was their name for the Native American people of present day Alabama. Another translation of the meaning of the tribe's name often given is Here we rest. The etymology of the name may be obscure but it was the accepted name for the Alabama Indians and is the state's name.
Alabama means "tribal town" in the Creek Indian language.
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There are theories about how Alabama got its name, but one of them is not about the sticky black clay found there. Alabama is a Native American Indian word that means tribal town in Creek. Alabama also means plant cutters in the Choctaw Indian language.
It got its name from Native Americans that lived there. Alabama means tribal town in the Creek Indian language and plant cutters in Choctaw
Creek or Muskogee is an Indian language that was originally spoken in Alabama and Georgia. In Creek, Alabama means tribal town.
You would probably call this area a stand or thicket.
The Muskogee Indians are also known as the Creek Indians. These are Native Americans that traditionally lived in the southeastern woodlands of the United States. According to the Creek Indian language, Alabama means tribal town.
Alabama means "tribal town" in the Creek Indian language and "plant cutters" in Choctaw. The French recorded the Alabama River as something like "where the Alabamians live". So whatever the correct etymology is the name stuck and Alabama is named for the Native Americans that lived there. It comes from the Alabama Indians a Native American culture that lived in the area. The name may be from the Choctaw language meaning "plant cutters" but its certain etymology is unclear. In any case they were known by that name to the early French explorers of the region.
Bradshaw is an English name it means broad thicket which is just fancy fancy talk for big bush.