1.a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
2.a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Alabama; a member of the Creek Confederacy
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
4.the Muskhogean language of the Alabama people
亚拉巴马州(Alabama)是美国的一个州,位于美国东南部,2000年的人口是4,447,100。亚拉巴马州名称来自印第安语,其意义为:“披荆斩棘”I clear the thicket。1699年,亚拉巴马州是法属路易斯安那省之一部。1763年割与英国。一八一七年,成为美国领土。1819年12月14日,列为美国第22州。本州州府蒙哥马利Montgomery,位于本州中南部,人口14万。大商港木比耳Mobile在木比耳湾头,人口25万。港口每年吞吐量达四千万吨。大工业都市伯明罕在本州中北部,人口30万,附近产铁、煤与石灰,易于发展钢铁工业。