Utes

Variant of Ute

Ute definition

Ute (yo̵̅o̅t, yo̵̅o̅t′ē)

noun

  1. pl. Utes or Ute a member of a North American Indian people formerly ranging throughout the SW plains regions, now living mainly in W Colorado and E Utah
  2. the Uto-Aztecan language of this people

Etymology: akin to Utah

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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