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# mojave

noun (Mojave – a name of a desert and a people); also spelled «Mohave»

«mojave» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (a place) The Mojave Desert is a hot, dry desert in the south-western USA, mostly in California and Nevada; Death Valley, one of the hottest places on Earth, is in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mojave/#m1)
2. (a people) The Mojave are a Native American people who live along the Colorado River. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mojave/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons on deserts, the Mojave is famous for Joshua trees, Death Valley (which once reached 56.7 °C in 1913) and tough desert animals like the desert tortoise. Las Vegas is at its edge. In history and culture, the Mojave people have lived by the Colorado River for a long time and farmed its floodplain. Phrases: «the Mojave Desert», «Mojave people».

### Examples

- The Mojave Desert is in the south-west of the USA. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mojave/#x1)
- Joshua trees grow in the Mojave Desert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mojave/#x2)
- Death Valley is in the Mojave and is very hot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mojave/#x3)
- The desert tortoise lives in the Mojave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mojave/#x4)
- The Mojave people live along the Colorado River. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mojave/#x5)
- It hardly ever rains in the Mojave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mojave/#x6)
- The Mojave gets very cold at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mojave/#x7)
- We watched a film about wildflowers blooming in the Mojave after rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mojave/#x8)

### Note

A name, so always a capital M. Pronounced «mo-HAH-vee». Spelled «Mojave» or «Mohave». Not an English common word. In maths, desert temperatures are good for range problems (hot days, cold nights).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mojave» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mojave/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mojave» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mojave.html) on Mova free.