MoBay

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole MoBay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moʊˈbeɪ/, /mʌˈbeɪ/

Proper noun

MoBay

1. (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

Etymology

Abbreviation of Montego Bay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌ.bʲeː/
• Hyphenation: Mo‧Bay

Proper noun

MoBay

1. (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

• Sav-la-Mar, Sav (“common name for Savanna-la-Mar”)
• town (“common name for Kingston”)