Arizona county or Indigenous people

MOHAVE

This Southwestern region is home to the Colorado River and shares its name with a desert that spans multiple states.

This clue works two ways: "Mohave" is both a county in northwestern Arizona and the name of an Indigenous people native to the region. The spelling might look like "Mojave," but crosswords often use the less common "Mohave" variant to fit letter counts. It’s a straightforward double-meaning clue where the answer serves as both a place and a cultural group.