Mohave

M3O1H4A1V4E1
/moʊˈhɑː.vi/

noun

A Native American people indigenous to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert.

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MojaveMojave languageMohave language
OriginMojave Hamakhaave →
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Meanings

nounMohave pl (plural only)

alternative Mojave

  1. pluralplural onlyA Native American people indigenous to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert.
proper noun

alternative Mojave

  1. A Yuman language spoken by Mohave people of California and Arizona.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California

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Mojave
Broader
HokanHoka

nounthe Yuman language spoken by the Mohave

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MojaveMojave languageMohave language
Broader
Yuman
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mojave

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. MojaveHamakhaave“beside the water”
  2. EnglishMohave

From a shortened form of the endonym, Mojave Hamakhaave (“beside the water”), spelled Mojave in Spanish.

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Translations

Russian моха́ве
  • моха́ве (moxáve)language
Cite this entry
APA

Mohave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mohave

MLA

“Mohave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mohave. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mohave,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mohave.

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