Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ala.

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: ala.
IPA

3

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Abbreviation of Alabama: a state of the United States.

Example Sentences

"His desire to shed light on the proliferation of license plate readers in his neighborhood in Huntsville, Ala., this year spurred an idea for a crowdsourced database where people across the world can upload the locations of the readers."

Inflected Forms

AL (alternative)

Questions

What does ala. mean?: Abbreviation of Alabama: a state of the United States.

How to pronounce ala.

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