Mojave

Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Mojave

North American Indian farmers living mostly in Arizona, U.S. The Mojave language is a member of the Yuman language family. The traditional territory of the people was the Mojave Desert along the lower Colorado River. This valley was a patch of green surrounded by barren desert. In addition to farming, the Mojave fished, hunted, and gathered wild plants. The essential social unit was the patrilineal family. There were no settled villages; instead the Mojave built small hamlets wherever there was land suitable for farming. They believed in a supreme creator and attached great significance to dreams, considered the source of all special powers. Population estimates indicated approximately 2,000 Mojave descendants in the early 21st century.

For more information on Mojave, visit Britannica.com.

Search unanswered questions...

Browse: Unanswered questions | Most-recent questions | Reference library

Columbia Encyclopedia: Mojave

Top

Mojave (mōhä'vē), river, c.100 mi (160 km) long, rising in the San Bernardino Mts., S Calif., and flowing generally north to disappear in the Mojave Desert. Due to the porous soil and rapid evaporation, much of its course is underground except during the short wet season.

Word Tutor: Mojave

Top

IN BRIEF: n. - A desert area in southern California and western Arizona; A member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California.

WordNet: Mojave

Top

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California
Synonym: Mohave

Meaning #2: a desert area in southern California
Synonyms: Mojave Desert, Mohave, Mohave Desert

Meaning #3: the Yuman language spoken by the Mohave people
Synonym: Mohave

Shopping: Mojave

Top

mojave kawasaki	mojave desert wildflowers

Learn More

	Mojave Desert
	Lancaster
	Mohave (Native American people)

Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

Copyrights:

		Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. © 2006 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. All rights reserved. Read more
		Columbia Encyclopedia. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/cup/. Read more
		Word Tutor. Copyright © 2004-present by eSpindle Learning, a 501(c) nonprofit organization. All rights reserved. eSpindle provides personalized spelling and vocabulary tutoring online; free trial. Read more
		WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more