English Explanatory Dictionary

Mojave Desert

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  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.

Pronunciation

/məˈhɐːviːˌdesət/ /məʉˈhɐːviːˌdesət/ En-us-Mojave Desert.oga

Word forms

Mojave Desert

Etymology

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.

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