bama

Ba·ma
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/ˈbæmə/

proper noun

Nickname for Alabama: a state of the United States.

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AlabamaTuscaloser
OriginMandarin 巴馬 /巴马 →
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Meanings

bama1

nounbama (plural bamas)

plural bamas

  1. alternativeAlternative form of bamma (“an unstylish rural person; a hick”).

    I had already exposed myself. A backwoods bama, a Bible thumper.

    2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 79

Bama2

proper noun

alternative 'Bama

  1. colloquialNickname for Alabama: a state of the United States.
  2. abbreviationcolloquialellipsisEllipsis of University of Alabama.

    Or maybe on a fifty-yard line Watchin' 'Bama beat the hell out of Tennessee

    2022, “Hell of a Way to Go”, performed by Riley Green

    Synonyms: Alabama, Tuscaloser

Bama3

proper noun
  1. A Yao autonomous county in Hechi, Guangxi autonomous region, China.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounEllipsis of University of Alabama.

Similar
AlabamaTuscaloser
Also see
alabamatuscaloser

Origin

Bama · proper noun

Clipping of Alabama.

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Bama · proper noun

  1. Mandarin巴馬 /巴马
  2. EnglishBama

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

bama. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bama

MLA

“bama.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bama. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bama,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bama.

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