The word Alabama is believed to have come from the related Choctaw language[13] & was adopted by the Alabama tribe as their name.[14] The spelling of the word varies significantly among historical sources.[14] The first usage appears in accounts of the Hernando de Soto expedition of 1540 with Garcilaso de la Vega using Alibamo, while the Knight of Elvas & Rodrigo Ranjel wrote Alibamu & Limamu, respectively, in efforts to transliterate the term.[14] As early as 1702, the Italian called the tribe the Alibamon, with Italian maps identifying the river as Rivière des Alibamons.[11] Other spellings of the appellation have included Alibamu, Alabamo, Albama, Alebamon, Alibama, Alibamou, Alabamu, & Allibamou.[14][15][16][17]
One of the entrances to Russell Collapse Jackson County. Charcoal from indigenous camp fires in the cave has been dated as early as 6550 to 6145 BC.
The European-American naming of the Alabama River & state originates from the Alabama people, a Muskogean-speaking tribe whose members lived below the confluence of the Coosa & Tallapoosa rivers on the upper reaches of the river.[11] In the Alabama language, the word for an Alabama person is Albaamo (or variously Albaama or Albà amo in different dialects; the plural form is Albaamaha).[12]
Students think the word comes from the Choctaw alba (meaning "plants" or "weeds") & amo (meaning "to cut", "to trim", or "to gather").[13][14][18] The meaning may have been "clearers of the thicket"[13] or "herb gatherers",[18][19] referring to clearing land for cultivation[15] or collecting medicinal plants.[19] The state has numerous place names of Native American origin.[20][21]
Sources disagree on the meaning of the word. An 1842 article in the Jacksonville Republican proposed that it meant "Here They Rest."[14] This notion was popularized in the 1850s through the writings of Alexander Beaufort Meek.[14] Specialists in the Muskogean languages have been unable to find any facts to support such a translation.[11][14]
One of the entrances to Russell Collapse Jackson County. Charcoal from indigenous camp fires in the cave has been dated as early as 6550 to 6145 BC.
The European-American naming of the Alabama River & state originates from the Alabama people, a Muskogean-speaking tribe whose members lived below the confluence of the Coosa & Tallapoosa rivers on the upper reaches of the river.[11] In the Alabama language, the word for an Alabama person is Albaamo (or variously Albaama or Albà amo in different dialects; the plural form is Albaamaha).[12]
Students think the word comes from the Choctaw alba (meaning "plants" or "weeds") & amo (meaning "to cut", "to trim", or "to gather").[13][14][18] The meaning may have been "clearers of the thicket"[13] or "herb gatherers",[18][19] referring to clearing land for cultivation[15] or collecting medicinal plants.[19] The state has numerous place names of Native American origin.[20][21]
Sources disagree on the meaning of the word. An 1842 article in the Jacksonville Republican proposed that it meant "Here They Rest."[14] This notion was popularized in the 1850s through the writings of Alexander Beaufort Meek.[14] Specialists in the Muskogean languages have been unable to find any facts to support such a translation.[11][14]
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