Meanings
nounMojave pl (plural only)
- alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative form of Mohave.
In these groves of the flood plain of the Colorado the Mojave and Yuma Indians once had their homes.
1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 27
proper noun
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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Origin
Hispanicized variant of Mohave.
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APA
Mojave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mojave
MLA
“Mojave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mojave. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mojave,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mojave.
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