Specifically, my home town, Mobile, Alabama. The correct pronunciation is Mo-beel (with emphasis on the second syllable). Mobile is also the name of the county, shown in yellow in the map below.
It was later moved to its present location.
The word Mobile is believed to come from a Choctaw Indian word for
'paddlers.' Mobile has been under French, British, and Spanish rule since it was first settled. That's enough history for today, though.
source: Alabame Department of Archives and History (http://www.archives.state.al/)
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