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Mojave Desert

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Australia/məˈhɐːviːˌdesət/

Mojave Desert proper noun: an arid desert in southern California, north and east of Los Angeles and southeast of the Sierra Nevada, the driest desert in North America.

Proper noun

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.

Origin of Mojave Desert

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.

Questions about Mojave Desert

What does Mojave Desert mean?
Mojave Desert means an arid desert in southern California, north and east of Los Angeles and southeast of the Sierra Nevada, the driest desert in North America.
What part of speech is Mojave Desert?
Mojave Desert is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Mojave Desert?
Mojave Desert is pronounced /məˈhɐːviːˌdesət/ (Australia).

Words near Mojave Desert in the dictionary

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

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