Mojave Desert

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English

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Etymology

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Named after the Mohave people, from a shortened form of their endonym, Mojave Hamakhaave (“beside the water”).

The spelling Mojave is from Spanish, while Mohave comes from modern English.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Mojave Desert

  1. An arid desert in southern California, north and east of Los Angeles and southeast of the Sierra Nevada, the driest desert in North America.

See also

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