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MoBay
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en jam MoBay.
Pronunciation
en /moʊˈbeɪ/ /mʌˈbeɪ/
Proper noun
en Jamaica informal Montego Bay
en 2014 Marlon James w:A Brief History of Seven Killings Oneworld Publications (2015) 285 —I'll say that Jamaicans shorten Montego Bay by saying Mobay, not Montego.
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
jam Montego Bay.
Pronunciation
jam /ˈmʌ.bʲeː/
jam Mo Bay
Proper noun
jam propn
jam informal Montego Bay
jam MoBay is Jamaica secon' city. Montego Bay is Jamaica's second city.
en Yasmine Peru The Jamaica Star jam “Big up every youth inna MoBay. Wi seh one MoBay. ” Cops want Tommy Lee again My respect goes out to all the youth in Montego Bay. We support a united Montego Bay. http://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20200707/cops-want-tommy-lee-again 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201027124219/http://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20200707/cops-want-tommy-lee-again 27 October 2020
See also
jam Sav-la-Mar, Sav common name for Savanna-la-Mar
jam town common name for Kingston