Mobile Bay

[ moh-beel ]

noun

1. a bay of the Gulf of Mexico, in SW Alabama: Civil War naval battle 1864. 36 miles (58 km) long; 8–18 miles (13–29 km) wide.

Example Sentences

It is a tiny barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico about three miles south of Mobile Bay.

From Salon

Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference held at a luxury resort on the waters of Mobile Bay, a shallow inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.

From New York Times

Most of Clotilda didn’t burn, and much of the ship is still in the Mobile River, which empties into Mobile Bay.

From Seattle Times

Sprawling over 550 acres, only a few miles south of Fairhope, right along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay . . . it is exquisite.

From Salon

The state closed the western half of its oystering area in Mobile Bay on Nov. 23, WKRG-TV reports, and closed two small but productive areas in the eastern half of the bay on Tuesday.

From Seattle Times