MoBay
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Jamaican Creole MoBay.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
MoBay
- (Jamaica, informal) Montego Bay
- 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 285:
- —I'll say that Jamaicans shorten Montego Bay by saying Mobay, not Montego.
Jamaican Creole edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
MoBay
- (informal) Montego Bay
- MoBay is Jamaica secon' city.
- Montego Bay is Jamaica's second city.
- 2020, Yasmine Peru, “Cops want Tommy Lee again”, in The Jamaica Star[1] (in English):
- “Big up every youth inna MoBay. Wi seh one MoBay. […] ”
- My respect goes out to all the youth in Montego Bay. We support a united Montego Bay. […]
See also edit
- Sav-la-Mar, Sav (“common name for Savanna-la-Mar”)
- town (“common name for Kingston”)