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Ute

noun \ ˈyüt \

Definition of Ute

plural Ute or Utes
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

Origin and Etymology of ute

short for earlier Utah, Utaw, from American Spanish Yuta

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