Etymology

bama

Ba·ma
B3A1M3A1

Today it means: Nickname for Alabama: a state of the United States. Full definition →

Mandarin 巴馬 /巴马
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Bama · proper noun1

Clipping of Alabama.

Bama · proper noun2

  1. Mandarin · borrowed from巴馬 /巴马
  2. English todayBama

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴馬 /巴马 (Bāmǎ).

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