Moab
Americannoun
noun
Usage
What else does MOAB mean? MOAB is an acronym referring to a large bomb in the U. S. military, the Massive Ordnance Air Blast or Mother of All Bombs. Moab is also the name of a Biblical kingdom and a city in Utah.
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These formations are widespread across Utah's Wasatch and Uinta ranges and can also be found on the Colorado Plateau in the La Sal Mountains near Moab.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Eight feet to my right, a 1,000-foot cliff falls away, revealing a sprawling panorama of wild desertscape outside of Moab, Utah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
In fact, your guide probably has had no direct knowledge of—or even personal interest in—sunbathing on the Gulf Coast, rock climbing in Moab, or marveling at the architecture of Milan.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2026
The National Transportation Safety Board said in a social media post that the windscreen cracked while the plane was near Moab, Utah.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025
Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab onto a mountain from which he could look over the land of Canaan, which he was not to enter, and there he died.
From The Adopted Son The Story of Moses by J. H. (James Hartwell) Willard
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