Deseret

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Deseret

/dɛz.əˈɹɛt/
/dɛz.ɚ.ɛt/
/dɛˈsiːɹɛt/ archaic

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From the Book of Mormon, in which the word is said to mean honey bee in the language of the Jaredites.

proper noun 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻

historical A state, proposed in 1849 and never recognized, which would have included most of Utah and Nevada and parts of other states. In 1849 the Mormons organized a "free and independent" government and erected the "State of Deseret," with Brigham Young as its head. But the very next year Congress deliberately snubbed it and created the "Territory of Utah" out of the same accumulation of mountains, sage-brush, alkali and general
poetic The state of Utah itself, especially the Salt Lake Valley and environs. Nearly 1,000 people attended tours of the 15,000-resident city, a dinner and a ceremony to commemorate Utah's Jan. 4 birthday, when the land of Deseret became an arm of the Union.
A script, invented in Utah, conceived of as a radical reform and replacement of the Latin script, intended for writing English phonetically. Example: the word seven in Deseret is 𐑅𐐯𐑂𐐮𐑌.

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MLA

"Deseret." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/deseret. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Deseret. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/deseret

Chicago

"Deseret." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/deseret.

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@misc{deseret_2026,
  title = {Deseret},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deseret},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}