Alabama River
- proper noun
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río Alabama
- We're going to put you down in Alabama River!
Examples
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About 525 Negroes had left Brown's Chapel and walked six blocks to cross Pettus Bridge and the Alabama River.
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Let's take these bastards and stick them down into Alabama River and never see them again.
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The Alabama River flows through picturesque landscapes as it leads to Mobile Bay.
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Boating is a popular activity on the Alabama River during the summer months.
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Many families enjoy fishing along the banks of the Alabama River in the afternoon.
Synonyms
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A river in the southeastern United States formed when the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers join and flow southwest
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is a simple place-name + noun combination: 'Alabama' (a geographic name) + 'river' (a watercourse), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer it denotes a river in Alabama. Such toponymic naming patterns are cross-linguistically common and follow transparent compositional rules.
Etymology
Alabama River was named after the Alabama people who lived along its banks long ago. One popular story says the name comes from a native word meaning 'people who cleared the bushes', so the river's name reminds us of the people and their place by the water.