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