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* [[Mobilian jargon]] - An informal [[Native Americans in the United States|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, such as the [[Choctaw]]. |
* [[Mobilian jargon]] - An informal [[Native Americans in the United States|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, such as the [[Choctaw]]. |
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* One of the [[ |
* One of the [[Mississippian culture]] towns of [[Chief Tuskaloosa]] was the fortified town of Mauvila (also Maubila), which [[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de Soto]]'s [[Spain|Spanish]] expedition destroyed in 1540.<ref name="maubilianind">{{cite web|title="The Old Mobile Project Newsletter"|work="University of South Alabama Center for Archaeological |
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Studies"|url=http://www.usouthal.edu/archaeology/pdf/issue-17.pdf|accessdate=2007-11-19}}</ref> The |
Studies"|url=http://www.usouthal.edu/archaeology/pdf/issue-17.pdf|accessdate=2007-11-19}}</ref> The tribe by this name later encountered by the [[France|French]] around [[Mobile Bay]] are theorized by scholars to be descended from this group of people.<ref name="maubilianind"/> |
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* The Mobilians were a Native American tribe present in the area of Mobile Bay in [[Alabama]] when the area was first settled by the French in the early 1700s.<ref name="maubilianind"/> The city of [[Mobile, Alabama]] was named after this tribe.<ref name="maubilianind"/> |
* The Mobilians were a Native American tribe present in the area of Mobile Bay in [[Alabama]] when the area was first settled by the French in the early 1700s.<ref name="maubilianind"/> The city of [[Mobile, Alabama]] was named after this tribe.<ref name="maubilianind"/> |
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* A resident of the city of [[Mobile, Alabama]].<ref name="mobilian">{{cite web|title="Mobilian Search"|work="City of Mobile"|url=http://www.cityofmobile.org/search.php?query=mobilian|accessdate=2007-11-19}}</ref> |
* A resident of the city of [[Mobile, Alabama]].<ref name="mobilian">{{cite web|title="Mobilian Search"|work="City of Mobile"|url=http://www.cityofmobile.org/search.php?query=mobilian|accessdate=2007-11-19}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 06:23, 4 October 2008
The term Mobilian has various meanings:
- Mobilian jargon - 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, such as the Choctaw.
- One of the Mississippian culture towns of Chief Tuskaloosa was the fortified town of Mauvila (also Maubila), which Hernando de Soto's Spanish expedition destroyed in 1540.[1] The tribe by this name later encountered by the French around Mobile Bay are theorized by scholars to be descended from this group of people.[1]
- The Mobilians were a Native American tribe present in the area of Mobile Bay in Alabama when the area was first settled by the French in the early 1700s.[1] The city of Mobile, Alabama was named after this tribe.[1]
- A resident of the city of Mobile, Alabama.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d ""The Old Mobile Project Newsletter"" (PDF). "University of South Alabama Center for Archaeological Studies". Retrieved 2007-11-19.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|work=at position 55 (help) - ^ ""Mobilian Search"". "City of Mobile". Retrieved 2007-11-19.
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