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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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