Mohave

American  

[moh-hah-vee] / moʊˈhɑ vi /

Or Mojave

noun

plural

Mohaves,

plural

Mohave

1. a member of a North American Indian tribe belonging to the Yuman linguistic family, formerly located in the Colorado River valley of Arizona and California.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Mohave tribe.

Mohave British  

/ məʊˈhɑːvɪ /

noun

1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly living along the Colorado River

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Yuman family

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Example Sentences

By this time of day, everything— from the windows of the two-story buildings to the red lanterns strung up for tourists—had been covered in the dust that somehow drifted in from the Mohave.

From Literature

CoreCivic’s 2,560-bed immigration detention center there sits on 70 acres in the Mohave Desert about 80 miles east of Bakersfield.

From Los Angeles Times

Rescue teams from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and the Mohave County Sheriff’s Department deployed divers to where Daniel was last seen, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times

Sheriff’s deputies in Mohave County stopped a white panel van seen leaving the area and found about 180 pairs of then-unreleased Air Jordan 11 Retro Legend Blue sneakers valued at $41,400, the complaint states.

From Los Angeles Times

The site is habitat for desert tortoises and Mohave ground squirrels, which are both listed as threatened under the state’s Endangered Species Act.

From Los Angeles Times