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Mohave

noun

A member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California. Synonym: Mojave.

A desert area in southern California and western Arizona. Synonyms: Mohave Desert, Mojave, Mojave Desert.

The Yuman language spoken by the Mohave. Synonym: Mojave.

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... of the Mohave Desert a little to the east of where the Los Angeles aqueduct crosses the mountains in its southward course, the record of an earthquake is preserved in unique fashion. The steep face of a terrace is covered with trees forty or fifty ...

— The Red Man's Continent - A Chronicle of Aboriginal America, Volume 1 In The - Chronicles Of America Series • Ellsworth Huntington

... Indians of the Colorado River, California, accompanying Vocabularies of the Yuma and Mohave ...

— Catalogue Of Linguistic Manuscripts In The Library Of The Bureau Of Ethnology. (1881 N 01 / 1879-1880 (Pages 553-578)) • James Constantine Pilling

... Illinois, 1868. At the age of nineteen went to live in California. B.S., Blackburn University, 1888. Lived on the edge of the Mohave Desert where she is said to have worked like an Indian woman, housekeeping and gardening. Studied the desert, its form, its weather, its lights, its plants. Also studied Indian lore extensively, contributing the chapter ...

— Contemporary American Literature - Bibliographies and Study Outlines • John Matthews Manly and Edith Rickert