Deseret

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A state, proposed in 1849 and never recognized, which would have included most of Utah and Nevada and parts of other states.
• 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.

Origin

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