Alabama-like

English

Etymology

From Alabama +‎ -like.

Adjective

Alabama-like (comparative more Alabama-like, superlative most Alabama-like)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the U.S. state of Alabama.

Usage notes

  • Alabamalike is not found in Google Ngram Viewer.[1] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen with words ending in -like when the first element is a proper name.[2]

References

  1. ^ Alabamalike,Alabama-like at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
  2. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
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