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Mojave

/moʊˈhɑː.vi/

Mojave is the alternative form of Mohave.

Meaning of Mohave

Noun

Mohave pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A Native American people indigenous to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert.

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Proper noun

Mojave

  1. A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.

Origin of Mojave

Hispanicized variant of Mohave.

Words formed from Mojave

Phrases with Mojave

Questions about Mojave

What does Mojave mean?
Mojave means a census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.
What is Mojave the alternative form of?
Mojave is the alternative form of Mohave.
What part of speech is Mojave?
Mojave is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Mojave?
Mojave is pronounced /moʊˈhɑː.vi/.

Words near Mojave in the dictionary

  1. mojaris
  2. mojarra
  3. mojarras
  4. Mojarro
  5. Mojarros
  6. Mojave
  7. Mojave Desert
  8. Mojave sand-verbena
  9. Mojave sand-verbenas
  10. Mojave-aster
  11. Mojette transform

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Mojave (page history and authors); Mohave (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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