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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.

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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.

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13y ago

Alabama is:

- a US state

- a river

- a university

- a group (tribe) of native Americans

- a town in NY State

- a military district in Louisiana

- a confederate cruiser, the CSS Alabama

- a US Navy ship, the USS Alabama

- a genus of moths

- a book

- a Beanie Baby teddy bear

- a country rock band

- a song by Neil Young

- a composition by John Coltrane

- an album by underground band CHN

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14y ago

The word Alabama means, "thicket clearing": Native American

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12y ago

"I open the thicket," or "thicket-clearers"

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