Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mobilian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mo-bil-ian
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the Native American people with Chief Tuscaloosa in Alabama (circa 1540).

Countable

noun

A resident of the city of Mobile, Alabama.

Countable

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Wiktionary’s coverage of Mobilian terms

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Wiktionary’s coverage of Mobilian terms

Questions

What does mobilian mean?
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.
Where does mobilian come from?
Apparently Mobile + -ian.

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