U·tah
 Utah
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- pronunciation:
- yu
taw
[or]
yu
ta
- features:
- Word History
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noun |
| definition: |
a state in the western United States. Its capital is Salt Lake City. (abbreviated: UT)
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| derivation: |
Utahan (n.) |
Utah means "hill dwellers." Utah is the English spelling of
yuta, the Spanish name for the Ute Shoshone people. The Spanish explorers probably learned the name from other Indians who referred to that group of Shoshone as "people of the mountains."