Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mojave desert

/məˈhɐːviːˌdesət/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: mo-jave desert
IPA: /məˈhɐːviːˌdesət/

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An arid desert in southern California, north and east of Los Angeles and southeast of the Sierra Nevada, the driest desert in North America.

Etymology

Named after the Mohave people, from a shortened form of their endonym, Mojave Hamakhaave (“beside the water”). The spelling Mojave is from Spanish, while Mohave comes from modern English.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Hamakhaave, -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /məˈhɐːviːˌdesət/

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Questions

How do you pronounce mojave desert?: The recorded pronunciation is /məˈhɐːviːˌdesət/.
What does mojave desert mean?: An arid desert in southern California, north and east of Los Angeles and southeast of the Sierra Nevada, the driest desert in North America.
Where does mojave desert come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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