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Mobilian

Mobilian proper noun: an informal Native American trade language used among the tribes of the US Southeast, primarily along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. May have originally been the language of one particular tribe.

Proper noun

Mobilian

  1. An informal Native American trade language used among the tribes of the US Southeast, primarily along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. May have originally been the language of one particular tribe.

Noun

Mobilian (plural Mobilians)

  1. (countable) One of the Native American people with Chief Tuscaloosa in Alabama (circa 1540).
  2. (countable) A resident of the city of Mobile, Alabama.

Forms of Mobilian

pluralMobilians

Origin of Mobilian

Apparently Mobile + -ian.

Questions about Mobilian

What does Mobilian mean?
Mobilian means an informal Native American trade language used among the tribes of the US Southeast, primarily along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. May have originally been the language of one particular tribe.
What part of speech is Mobilian?
Mobilian can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Mobilian in the dictionary

  1. mobileness
  2. mobiles
  3. mobilette
  4. mobilettes
  5. mobilia sequuntur personam
  6. Mobilian
  7. Mobilians
  8. mobiliary
  9. mobiliary art
  10. mobiliome
  11. mobiliomes

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