Main Entry:

Ute

Pronunciation:

\ˈyüt\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural Ute or Utes

Etymology:

short for earlier Utah, Utaw, from American Spanish Yuta

Date:

1776

1 : a member of an American Indian people originally ranging through Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico 2 : the Uto-Aztecan language of the Ute people