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title="Anti-Nephi-Lehies">Anti-Nephi-Lehies</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Book_of_Mormon_people" title="List of Book of Mormon people">Persons</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_(Nephite)" title="Aaron (Nephite)">Aaron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abinadi" title="Abinadi">Abinadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abish_(Book_of_Mormon)" title="Abish (Book of Mormon)">Abish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammon_(Book_of_Mormon_missionary)" title="Ammon (Book of Mormon missionary)">Ammon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angel_Moroni" title="Angel Moroni">Angel Moroni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alma_the_Elder" title="Alma the Elder">Alma the Elder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alma_the_Younger" title="Alma the Younger">Alma the Younger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akish" class="mw-redirect" title="Akish">Akish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amaleki" title="Amaleki"> Amaleki (scribe)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amaleki_(Book_of_Mormon_explorer)" title="Amaleki (Book of Mormon explorer)"> Amaleki (explorer)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amalickiah" title="Amalickiah">Amalickiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aminadab" title="Aminadab">Aminadab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammoron" title="Ammoron">Ammoron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammah_(Book_of_Mormon)" title="Ammah (Book of Mormon)">Ammah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amulek" title="Amulek">Amulek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brother_of_Jared" title="Brother of Jared">Brother of Jared</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain_Moroni" title="Captain Moroni">Captain Moroni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cezoram" title="Cezoram">Cezoram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coriantumr_(last_Jaredite_king)" title="Coriantumr (last Jaredite king)">Coriantumr (last Jaredite king)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coriantumr_(Nephite_dissenter)" title="Coriantumr (Nephite dissenter)">Coriantumr (Nephite dissenter)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coriantumr_(son_of_Omer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coriantumr (son of Omer)">Coriantumr (son of Omer)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enos_(Book_of_Mormon_prophet)" title="Enos (Book of Mormon prophet)">Enos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ether_(Book_of_Mormon_prophet)" title="Ether (Book of Mormon prophet)">Ether</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gazelem" title="Gazelem">Gazelem</a></li> <li>Gideon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helaman" title="Helaman">Helaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishmael_(Book_of_Mormon)" title="Ishmael (Book of Mormon)">Ishmael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_(Book_of_Mormon_prophet)" title="Jacob (Book of Mormon prophet)">Jacob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_(founder_of_Jaredites)" title="Jared (founder of Jaredites)">Jared</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaredite_kings" title="Jaredite kings">Jaredite kings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_(Book_of_Mormon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph (Book of Mormon)">Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Benjamin" title="King Benjamin">King Benjamin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Noah" title="King Noah">King Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Mosiah_I" title="King Mosiah I">King Mosiah I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Mosiah_II" title="King Mosiah II">King Mosiah II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laban_(Book_of_Mormon)" title="Laban (Book of Mormon)">Laban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lachoneus" class="mw-redirect" title="Lachoneus">Lachoneus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laman_and_Lemuel" title="Laman and Lemuel">Laman and Lemuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamoni" title="Lamoni">Lamoni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehi_(Book_of_Mormon_prophet)" title="Lehi (Book of Mormon prophet)">Lehi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limhi" title="Limhi">Limhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mormon_(Book_of_Mormon_prophet)" title="Mormon (Book of Mormon prophet)">Mormon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moroni_(Book_of_Mormon_prophet)" title="Moroni (Book of Mormon prophet)">Moroni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moron_(Book_of_Mormon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Moron (Book of Mormon)">Moron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moronihah" title="Moronihah">Moronihah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulek" title="Mulek">Mulek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nephi,_son_of_Lehi" title="Nephi, son of Lehi">Nephi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nehor" title="Nehor">Nehor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omner" class="mw-redirect" title="Omner">Omner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omni_(Book_of_Mormon_record_keeper)" title="Omni (Book of Mormon record keeper)">Omni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paanchi_(Book_of_Mormon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paanchi (Book of Mormon)">Paanchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_(Book_of_Mormon)" title="Sam (Book of Mormon)">Sam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sariah" title="Sariah">Sariah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_the_Lamanite" title="Samuel the Lamanite">Samuel the Lamanite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiz" title="Shiz">Shiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teancum" title="Teancum">Teancum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Nephites" title="Three Nephites">Three Nephites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zedekiah" title="Zedekiah">Zedekiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeezrom" title="Zeezrom">Zeezrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeram,_Amnor,_Manti,_and_Limher" title="Zeram, Amnor, Manti, and Limher">Zeram, Amnor, Manti, and Limher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeniff" title="Zeniff">Zeniff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenock" title="Zenock">Zenock</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Books</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Nephi" title="First Nephi">First Nephi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Nephi" title="Second Nephi">Second Nephi</a></li> 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Moroni">Book of Moroni</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Proposed_Book_of_Mormon_geographical_setting" title="Proposed Book of Mormon geographical setting">Geography</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Book_of_Mormon_places" title="List of Book of Mormon places">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammonihah" title="Ammonihah">Ammonihah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ani-Anti" class="mw-redirect" title="Ani-Anti">Ani-Anti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiparah" class="mw-redirect" title="Antiparah">Antiparah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bountiful_(Book_of_Mormon)" title="Bountiful (Book of Mormon)">Bountiful</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumeni" class="mw-redirect" title="Cumeni">Cumeni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumorah" title="Cumorah">Cumorah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jershon" class="mw-redirect" title="Jershon">Jershon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moron_(Book_of_Mormon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Moron (Book of Mormon)">Moron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahom" title="Nahom">Nahom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_Sidon" class="mw-redirect" title="River Sidon">River Sidon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valley_of_Alma" class="mw-redirect" title="Valley of Alma">Valley of Alma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valley_of_Nimrod" title="Valley of Nimrod">Valley of Nimrod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waters_of_Mormon" title="Waters of Mormon">Waters of Mormon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zarahemla" title="Zarahemla">Zarahemla</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Analysis</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div 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According to the Book of Mormon, "deseret"<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> meant "<a href="/wiki/Honeybee" class="mw-redirect" title="Honeybee">honeybee</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the language of the <a href="/wiki/Jaredite" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaredite">Jaredites</a>, a group in the Book of Mormon that were led by God to the Americas after the construction of the <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_Babel" title="Tower of Babel">Tower of Babel</a> (see <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Book_of_Mormon_(1981)/Ether#2:3" class="extiw" title="s:Book of Mormon (1981)/Ether">Ether 2:3</a>). Latter-day Saint scholar <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Nibley" title="Hugh Nibley">Hugh Nibley</a> (extending the work of Egyptologist Sir <a href="/wiki/Alan_Gardiner" title="Alan Gardiner">Alan Gardiner</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) suggested an etymology by associating the word "Deseret" with the ancient Egyptian <i><a href="/wiki/Deshret" title="Deshret">deshret</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs" title="Egyptian hieroglyphs">Egyptian</a>: 𓂧𓈙𓂋𓏏𓋔), a term he translated as the "<a href="/wiki/Deshret" title="Deshret">bee crown</a>" of the <a href="/wiki/Lower_Egypt" title="Lower Egypt">Lower Kingdom</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but which non-LDS scholarly sources translate as the "Red Crown".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Proposed_State_of_Deseret">Proposed State of Deseret</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deseret_(Book_of_Mormon)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Proposed State of Deseret"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/State_of_Deseret" title="State of Deseret">State of Deseret</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Utah_Territory_with_Deseret_Border,_vector_image_-_2011.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Utah_Territory_with_Deseret_Border%2C_vector_image_-_2011.svg/200px-Utah_Territory_with_Deseret_Border%2C_vector_image_-_2011.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Utah_Territory_with_Deseret_Border%2C_vector_image_-_2011.svg/300px-Utah_Territory_with_Deseret_Border%2C_vector_image_-_2011.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Utah_Territory_with_Deseret_Border%2C_vector_image_-_2011.svg/400px-Utah_Territory_with_Deseret_Border%2C_vector_image_-_2011.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="310" /></a><figcaption>The provisional 1849 boundaries of the State of Deseret, named after the word for honeybees in the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Mormon" title="Book of Mormon">Book of Mormon</a>. The proposed boundary of Deseret is the dotted line, while the <a href="/wiki/Utah_Territory" title="Utah Territory">Utah Territory</a> is blue and outlined in black; boundaries are not exact.</figcaption></figure> <p>Deseret was proposed as a name for the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>. <a href="/wiki/Brigham_Young" title="Brigham Young">Brigham Young</a>—governor of <a href="/wiki/Utah_Territory" title="Utah Territory">Utah Territory</a> from 1850 to 1858 and <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)" title="President of the Church (LDS Church)">president</a> of the LDS Church from 1847 to 1877—favored the name as a symbol of industry. Young taught that Church members should be productive and self-sufficient, a trait he had perceived in honeybees.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Mormons petitioned for statehood as the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Deseret" title="State of Deseret">State of Deseret</a> during 1849–50, but the petition was rejected by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">U.S. Congress</a> because of the vast size of the relatively unpopulated area that was controlled by the LDS Church. Instead, the federal government created <a href="/wiki/Utah_Territory" title="Utah Territory">Utah Territory</a>. </p><p>The name is often thought to be derived from the resident <a href="/wiki/Ute_Tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ute Tribe">Ute</a> Indians and mean "People of the Mountains". However, local Ute tribe members, such as Larry Cesspooch, public relations director for the audio/visual department of the Ute Tribe in Fort Duchesne, stated that "the Utes don't even have such a word in their language." He said that Utah - Anglicized from "Yuta" - is what the Spanish called the Utes, and his research indicates that it meant "meat eaters". Cesspooch has used this explanation in various public presentations, and has said that he's never been challenged on it.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1896, Utah Territory gained statehood as <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>. </p><p>Some vestiges of the name survive. For example, the state symbol of Utah is a <a href="/wiki/Beehive_(beekeeping)" class="mw-redirect" title="Beehive (beekeeping)">beehive</a>; this emblem is represented on both the <a href="/wiki/Seal_of_Utah" title="Seal of Utah">state seal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Utah" title="Flag of Utah">state flag</a>, and marker shields for <a href="/wiki/List_of_Utah_State_Routes" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Utah State Routes">state highways</a>. The state nickname is the "Beehive State" and the honeybee is <a href="/wiki/List_of_Utah_state_symbols" title="List of Utah state symbols">Utah's official</a> "<a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_insects" title="List of U.S. state insects">state insect</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Bees" title="Salt Lake Bees">Salt Lake Bees</a> are a minor league baseball team representing Utah in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a>. Named after the original Salt Lake Bees (PCL, 1915–26), they were formerly known as the Buzz (1994–2000) and the Stingers (2001–05). "Deseret" appears twice on the Utah stone located on the 220-foot (67 m) landing of the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Monument" title="Washington Monument">Washington Monument</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_uses">Other uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deseret_(Book_of_Mormon)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Other uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Various businesses and organizations use "Deseret" as part of their name, particularly those that have connections to the LDS Church. Examples include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_alphabet" title="Deseret alphabet">Deseret alphabet</a> — a non-<a href="/wiki/Latin_alphabet" title="Latin alphabet">Latin</a> <a href="/wiki/Phonetics" title="Phonetics">phonetic</a> <a href="/wiki/Alphabet" title="Alphabet">alphabet</a> developed during the mid-19th century by the board of regents of the University of Deseret (<a href="/wiki/University_of_Utah" title="University of Utah">University of Utah</a>) as directed by Brigham Young</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Book" class="mw-redirect" title="Deseret Book">Deseret Book</a> — the world's largest LDS bookstore chain</li> <li>Deseret First Credit Union — formerly known as the LDS Church Employees Credit Union</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Industries" title="Deseret Industries">Deseret Industries</a> — a Utah-based thrift store</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Deseret Nation">Deseret Nation</a> — an <a href="/wiki/Alt-right" title="Alt-right">alt-right</a> Twitter grouping of LDS Church members</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Deseret_News" title="Deseret News">Deseret News</a></i> — Utah's second-largest daily <a href="/wiki/Newspaper" title="Newspaper">newspaper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deseret_Ranch" class="mw-redirect" title="Deseret Ranch">Deseret Ranch</a> — a large <a href="/wiki/Cattle_ranch" class="mw-redirect" title="Cattle ranch">cattle ranch</a> in Florida, United States</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deseret,_Utah" title="Deseret, Utah">Deseret, Utah</a> — a village</li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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