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Deseret may refer to:
- Deseret (Book of Mormon), a term used in the Book of Mormon meaning "honeybee"
- State of Deseret, a provisional state of the United States, proposed in 1849 by Mormon settlers in Salt Lake City; Utah Territory was also provisionally named the Territory of Deseret prior to its admission as a territory in 1850
- Deseret alphabet, a phonetic language developed in the mid-1800s in Utah Territory to assist foreign-speaking immigrants in learning English
- University of Deseret, the original name of the University of Utah, founded in 1850
- Deseret Management Corporation, a for-profit management company of assets for the LDS Church
- Deseret News, Utah's second-largest daily newspaper
- Deseret Book, a publisher and distributor of books relating to the LDS Church
- Deseret Industries, a Utah-based thrift store
- Deseret Ranch in Florida, the largest cattle ranch in the United States
- Deseret First Credit Union, a Utah based credit union formerly known as the LDS Church Employees Credit Union. Membership largely comes from employees of the LDS church.
- Deseret Chemical Depot, a chemical weapon storage area located in Utah
- Deseret Western Railway, a coal-hauling railroad in Utah and Colorado.
- Deseret - a fictional breakaway state several times proclaimed by Mormon rebels and suppressed by US troops, in Harry Turtledove's alternate history Timeline-191
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