Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of a Native American people inhabiting lands along the lower Colorado River on the Arizona-California border.
  • noun The Yuman language of the Mohave.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the Yuman language spoken by the Mohave
  • noun a member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California
  • noun a desert area in southern California and western Arizona

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Mohave hàmakháav.]

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Examples

  • During his speech, Shurtleff said Jeffs, incarcerated in Mohave County while he awaits trial in Arizona, has predicted “the prison walls are going to be falling down at any moment.”

    Cult leader Warren Jeffs allegedly invoked curse on US capital cities 2009

  • The hate crime bill does not work here in Mohave County.

    Think Progress » Kristol Supports Arizona Immigration Law: ‘I Don’t Think It Violates Anyone’s Civil Rights’ 2010

  • Perhaps there is no part of the United States more healthy and at the same time more deadly than the southeastern part of California, embraced in those indefinite areas called the Mohave and Colorado deserts.

    Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Jewett Castello Gilson

  • The Yavapai, who are often mistakenly called Mohave Apache, are meant.

    A Chiricahua Apache`s Account of the Geronimo Campaign of 1886 1938

  • Mohave Generating Station Proceeding On May 17, 2002, SCE filed with the CPUC an application to address certain issues facing the future extended operation of Mohave, which is partly owned by SCE.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • Mohave Generating Station Proceeding On May 17, 2002, SCE filed with the CPUC an application to address certain issues facing the future extended operation of Mohave which is partly owned by SCE.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • The background is the "Mohave" setting, though you can change this setting to fit your needs easier.

    Afraid to Trade.com Blog 2008

  • The background is the "Mohave" setting, though you can change this setting to fit your needs easier.

    Afraid to Trade.com Blog 2008

  • Total Apache of Arizona (not including the so-called Mohave Apache and

    The North American Indian Edward S. Curtis 1910

  • My issue with some of Microsoft's ads are that they seem to ignore so much … This one ignores that Lauren ended up with a POS 17″ laptop and the fact that it runs Windows (and a lesser Home version) is incidental … The "Mohave" ads ignored that it was usuability - i.e., lack of drivers and the annoying security center - that kept people away from Vista … The Rookies ads (little girls doing photos) ignore that someone had to download and install Windows Live Photo Gallery to the computers since they probably shipped with crapware photo aps.

    MacBytes.com 2009

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