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Questions about ala.

What does ala. mean?

ala. means "a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War".

How many syllables are in ala.?

ala. has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ala.?

Close synonyms include Alabama, Heart of Dixie, Camellia State, AL. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ala. a common word?

ala. is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.