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Definition: Alabama from Collins English Dictionary

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1 a state of the southeastern US, on the Gulf of Mexico: consists of coastal and W lowlands crossed by the Tombigbee, Black Warrior, and Alabama Rivers, with parts of the Tennessee Valley and Cumberland Plateau in the north; noted for producing cotton and white marble. Capital: Montgomery. Pop: 4 500 752 (2003 est). Area: 131 333 sq km (50 708 sq miles) Abbreviation: Ala or with zip code AL

2 a river in Alabama, flowing southwest to the Mobile and Tensaw Rivers. Length: 507 km (315 miles)

Alabama

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
State in southeastern USA, bordered to the east by Georgia , to the north by Tennessee , to the west by Mississippi , and to the south by Florida and the Gulf of Mexico; area 131,426 sq km/50,744 sq mi; population (2010) 4,779,736; capital Montgomery . The state derives its name from a Chocktaw American Indian tribe which lived in the area. The nickname ‘Heart of Dixie’ refers to Alabama's leading role in the Confederacy and ‘Yellowhammer State’ to the colourful uniforms of Confederate soldiers. The yellowhammer, a member of the woodpecker family, is also the state bird. Alabama is two-thirds low-lying coastal plain, with an 85 km-/53 mi-long stretch of coast on the Gulf of Mexico , intersected by Mobile Bay. Service industries form a major part of its economy, but oil, natural gas, marble, wood, iron, steel, aluminium, chemical, paper, and textile manufactures are also important. Livestock, poultry, peanuts, pecans, soft fruit, soybeans, and cotton are produced, and fishing is a key…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
Alabama
State in SE USA in the chief cotton-growing region; the state capital is Montgomery . Birmingham is the largest city and a leading iron and steel centre. Settled by the French in 1702, the region was acquired by Britain in 1763. Most of it was ceded to the USA after the American Revolution in 1783, …
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From The Great American History Fact-Finder
(Heart of Dixie or Yellowhammer State) was admitted to the Union as the twenty-second state on December 14, 1819. (See maps: United States Physical Features and United States Political Features .) It seceded from the Union in 1861 to join the Confederate States of America . Montgomery, the capital, …
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From Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures Full text Article The Americas
A Native North American nation, originally of the Alabama area, now of Southeast Texas, whose name perhaps means ‘here we rest’. Sedentary hunters (especially of bear meat) and gatherers, they farmed as a secondary form of subsistence and spoke a Muskogean language. By the mid-17th century they had…
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From Encyclopedia of Free Blacks and People of Color in the Americas
Alabama is a state of the United States. It is located in the Southeast, to the west of Georgia and of the Appalachian mountain chain. It is mostly flat and well watered, with the exception of the mountainous northern quarter, and the terrain and climate in most parts of the state are suitable for…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
State, south-central U.S. Area: 52,420 sq mi (135,767 sq km). Population: (2010) 4,779,736; (2016 est.) 4,863,300. Capital: Montgomery . It is bordered by Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi; the Gulf of Mexico lies to the southwest. Alabama’s original inhabitants included Cherokee , …
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From U.S. Land & Natural Resources Policy: A Public Issues Handbook
Alabama
Topic Value Time Period Sources: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, State Profiles, December 2010; United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 2007 National Resources Inventory; U.S. General Services Administration, Federal Real Property…
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From Black Firsts: 500 Years of Trailblazing Achievements and Ground-Breaking Events Full text Article GOVERNMENT: COUNTY & STATE
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Mahala Ashley Dickerson (1912–2007) was the first black woman attorney in Montgomery and until 1952 the only black woman lawyer in Alabama. On August 6, 1995, she was one of five women who received the Margaret Brent Award from the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession. …
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
State in southeastern USA, bordered to the east by Georgia , to the north by Tennessee , to the west by Mississippi , and to the south by Florida and the Gulf of Mexico; area 131,426 sq km/50,744 sq mi; population (2010) 4,779,736; capital Montgomery . The state derives its name from a Chocktaw…
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From Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment in the United States
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The State of Alabama is a capital punishment jurisdiction. The State reenacted its death penalty law after the United States Supreme Court decision in Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), on March 5, 1976. Alabama has a three-tier legal system. The State's legal system is composed of a supreme…
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From Black Firsts: 500 Years of Trailblazing Achievements and Ground-Breaking Events Full text Article GOVERNMENT: LOCAL
Steven Reed
Kenneth L. Buford (1917–) and Stanley Hugh Smith were the first blacks elected with white opponents in the state of Alabama in this century, when they won election to the city council. Buford was a minister; and Smith a professor at Tuskegee Institute. Sources: Jet 59 (18 September 1980): 18; Who's…
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