MOHAVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mohave mean? 

• MOHAVE (noun)
  The noun MOHAVE has 3 senses:

1. a member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California

2. a desert area in southern California and western Arizona

3. the Yuman language spoken by the Mohave

  Familiarity information: MOHAVE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOHAVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mohave; Mojave

Hypernyms ("Mohave" is a kind of...):

Hoka; Hokan (a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A desert area in southern California and western Arizona

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Mohave; Mohave Desert; Mojave; Mojave Desert

Instance hypernyms:

desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)

Meronyms (parts of "Mohave"):

Death Valley (a desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada; contains the lowest point in North America)

Holonyms ("Mohave" is a part of...):

Arizona; AZ; Grand Canyon State (a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon)

CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The Yuman language spoken by the Mohave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Mohave; Mojave

Hypernyms ("Mohave" is a kind of...):

Yuman (a group of language of the Hokan family in Arizona and California and Mexico)