Mavilla
The term "Mavilla" or "Mabilla" has had numerous uses for over 400 years: [1]
- The word "Mauvilla" (also "Maubilla") later became: Mavilla, Mauvila, Maubila.
By 1693, the name had become fairly standardized as "Mobila" or "Movila".[1]
- The word "Mauvilla" (also "Maubilla") later became: Mavilla, Mauvila, Maubila.
Places
- variant of Mabila, a Mississippian fortress town of Chief Tuskaloosa, which ambushed Hernando de Soto's Spanish expedition in 1540.[2] 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.[2]
- the Mavilla River (Río Mavilla), on the island of Puerto Rico.
- the origin of the name for "Mobile, Alabama".
- the Bahia de la Mobila, which was named in English "Mobile Bay" (earlier as Bahia de Espiritu Santo).
People
Other
- the Mavilla Bridge, on the island of Puerto Rico.
References
- 1 2 Old Mobile: Fort Louis de la Louisiane, 1702-1711, Jay Higginbotham, 1991, 592 pages, page 21, Google Books webpage: books-google-JH21.
- 1 2 "The Old Mobile Project Newsletter" (PDF). University of South Alabama Center for Archaeological Studies. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
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