Mojave
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- proper noun
- /moʊˈhɑːvi/
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Desierto de Mojave
- The Mojave Desert is famous for its stunning rock formations and vast stretches of sand.
- Mojave Desert
- Mojave desert tortoise
- Mojave Valley
Examples
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Beyond the hills were more hills, and then the flat expanse of the Mojave Desert, trackless and vast.
Fiction book (1994) -
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge encompasses 33,500 acres of wetlands and Mojave Desert habitats.
Academic text (2001) -
And I left him to die in the Mojave Desert.
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I bet it was really hot coming across the Mojave Desert.
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So I was driving across the Mojave Desert and I felt a very strong urge to pull over.
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Here in the Mojave desert, animals have had millions of years to adapt to the harsh environment.
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If you're reading this, then you've walked 100 miles through the Mojave Desert.
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Just outside, you'll see the Mojave Desert on the way to our destination of Huntington Beach.
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And then the Army sent me to a little place in the Mojave Desert called Fort Irwin, where they trained the American soldiers to fight the Russians in the desert.
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As I trekked through the Mojave, I marveled at the unique plant life that thrives in such an arid climate.
Synonyms
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A very dry area in southern California and nearby states with plants like Joshua trees and animals
A large dry area in southern California and western Arizona with hot weather and Joshua trees
Compounds
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A very dry area in southern California and nearby states with plants like Joshua trees and animals
A very venomous rattlesnake with a rattle found in deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico
A Native American language spoken by the Mohave people along the Lower Colorado River in the southwest United States
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mojave comes from the name of a Native American people who lived by the Colorado River. Their name means 'people of the river', so the desert is called Mojave because it was the land where those people lived.