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mohave

/moʊˈhɑː.vi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables
mo-have
IPA
/moʊˈhɑː.vi/
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Native American people indigenous to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert.

name

A Yuman language spoken by Mohave people of California and Arizona.

Etymology

From a shortened form of the endonym, Mojave Hamakhaave (“beside the water”), spelled Mojave in Spanish.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Mojave (alternative)

Phrases

Mohave County

Synonyms

mojave mojave language mohave language

Homonyms

mojave

Questions

How do you pronounce mohave?
The recorded pronunciation is /moʊˈhɑː.vi/.
What does mohave mean?
A Native American people indigenous to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert.
Where does mohave come from?
From a shortened form of the endonym, Mojave Hamakhaave (“beside the water”), spelled Mojave in Spanish.

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