Mohave Desert vs Mohave

Mohave Desert and Mohave both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Mohave Desert	Yes	No	No	No
Mohave	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Mohave Desert and Mohave are synonyms defined as:

Mohave Desert and Mohave: a desert area in southern California and western Arizona

Other synonyms of Mohave Desert include Mojave, Mojave Desert.

Mohave Desert (noun)	Mohave (noun)
a desert area in southern California and western Arizona	the Yuman language spoken by the Mohave
	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