Deseret

Meanings

1. A state, proposed in 1849 and never recognized, which would have included most of Utah and Nevada and parts of other states.
2. The state of Utah itself, especially the Salt Lake Valley and environs.
3. A script, invented in Utah, conceived of as a radical reform and replacement of the Latin script, intended for writing English phonetically. Example: the word seven in Deseret is 𐑅𐐯𐑂𐐮𐑌.

Etymology

From the Book of Mormon, in which the word is said to mean honey bee in the language of the Jaredites.