Meanings
alamo1
nounalamo (plural alamos)
plural alamos
- A poplar tree of Southwestern U.S.; a cottonwood (Populus spp.).
Alamo2
proper noun
- A fort in San Antonio, Texas, United States, site of the Battle of the Alamo.
The Barnsley penalty area resembled the Alamo in the final 15 minutes, but somehow the home side held firm to book their passage into the last four.
2008, BBC Sport, Barnsley 1-0 Chelsea - A city in Hidalgo County, Texas.
- A city, the county seat of Wheeler County, Georgia, United States.
- A town, the county seat of Crockett County, Tennessee, United States.
Origin
alamo · noun
- Spanishálamo
- Englishalamo
From Spanish álamo. Doublet of elm.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Alamo · proper noun
- Spanishálamo
- Spanishálamo
- EnglishAlamo
Borrowed from Spanish álamo (“cottonwood tree”).
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French Alamo
- Alamofort in San Antonio, Texas
Hindi अलामो
- अलामो (alāmo)fort in San Antonio, Texas
Portuguese Álamo
- Álamofort in San Antonio, Texas
Spanish Álamo
- Álamofort in San Antonio, Texas
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
alamo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alamo
MLA
“alamo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alamo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alamo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alamo.
Source: alamo on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.