Utah

American  

[yoo-taw, -tah] / ˈju tɔ, -tɑ /

noun

1. a state in the western United States. 84,916 sq. mi. (219,930 sq. km). Salt Lake City. UT (for use with zip code), Ut.

2. Military. the World War II Allies' code name for the easternmost of the D-Day invasion beaches on France's Normandy coast, assaulted by American troops.

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Utah British  

/ ˈjuːtɔː, ˈjuːtɑː /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Ut.   UT.  a state of the western US: settled by Mormons in 1847; situated in the Great Basin and the Rockies, with the Great Salt Lake in the northwest; mainly arid and mountainous. Capital: Salt Lake City. Pop: 2 351 467 (2003 est). Area: 212 628 sq km (82 096 sq miles)

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Utah Cultural  

1. State in the western United States bordered by Idaho and Wyoming to the north, Colorado to the east, Arizona to the south, and Nevada to the west. Its capital and largest city is Salt Lake City.

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The Great Salt Lake is located in the northwestern part of the state.

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormons, founded the state and to a large extent still dominate it.

Other Word Forms

• Utahan
  adjective
• Utahn
  adjective

Example Sentences

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Utah

For years, it was a post office box in Draper, Utah.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Sail on, Shadow. Nest again with a new mate,” wrote Margaret Pettis of Hyrum, Utah.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

In all of the lower-court decisions that we eventually began winning as we built toward the Supreme Court, my favorite sentence came in a 2013 case in ruby-red Utah.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

In-N-Out revealed it would open the Twin Falls location — the sole one in the city — earlier this year, along with five other locations across California, Arizona, Utah and Tennessee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

Scott was the new local agent for the Utah State Bureau of Investigation, assigned to the northernmost counties.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel