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Mohave

//moʊˈhɑː.vi// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Yuman language spoken by Mohave people of California and Arizona.
Noun
  1. 1
    A Native American people indigenous to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert. plural, plural-only
  2. 2
    the Yuman language spoken by the Mohave wordnet
  3. 3
    a member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a shortened form of the endonym, Mojave Hamakhaave (“beside the water”), spelled Mojave in Spanish.

Etymology 2

From a shortened form of the endonym, Mojave Hamakhaave (“beside the water”), spelled Mojave in Spanish.

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