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Mo⋅ja⋅ve

[moh-hah-vee] noun, plural -ves, (especially collectively) -ve, adjective

Mo⋅ha⋅ve

[moh-hah-vee] noun, plural -ves, (especially collectively) -ve, adjective
–noun
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.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to the Mohave tribe.
Also, Mojave.
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Mo·ha·ve also Mo·ja·ve   (mō-hä'vē)   
n.   pl. Mohave or Mo·ha·ves also Mojave or Mo·ja·ves
    1. A Native American people inhabiting lands along the lower Colorado River on the Arizona-California border.

    2. A member of this people.

  1. The Yuman language of the Mohave.


[Mohave hàmakháav.]
Mo·ja·ve   (mō-hä'vē)   
n.  Variant of Mohave.
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Word Origin & History

Mohave 
1831, from native name, from aha "water" + makave "beside," in ref. to Colorado River.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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