Mohave
Americannoun
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Mohaves,
plural
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Mohave
plural
adjective
noun
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly living along the Colorado River
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the language of this people, belonging to the Yuman family
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CoreCivic’s 2,560-bed immigration detention center there sits on 70 acres in the Mohave Desert about 80 miles east of Bakersfield.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
A man found dead by hikers in Arizona 47 years ago has been identified after authorities accessed national fingerprint records, the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
The Mohave County Sheriff's Office have asked the public to contact them with any information about the case or any leads which could help find his surviving relatives.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023
The names of the dead were being withheld pending identification by the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s Office.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
Bullhead’s distinguishing civic feature is the Mohave Valley Highway, four lanes of asphalt lined with gas stations and fast-food franchises, chiropractors and video shops, auto-parts outlets and tourist traps.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Proceeding down the Colorado to the Mohaves he was kindly received by them and remained some time recuperating his stock.
From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh
Those occupied by the Mohaves, as described by Captain Sitgreave, are similar in character.
From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Lewis H. Morgan
Many Cocopas, Yumas, Mohaves, and Chemehuevis were met with since the trip began, but there had been no trouble with any of them.
From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh
They inhabit the country near the mouth of the Colorado River, but belong to the reservation occupied by the Mohaves.
From The Indian Question (1874) by Francis Amasa Walker
The tribes residing in the Territory of Arizona are the Pimas and Maricopas, Papagoes, Mohaves, Moquis, and Orivas Pueblos, Yumas, Yavapais, Hualapais, and different bands of the Apaches.
From The Indian Question (1874) by Francis Amasa Walker
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