Utah

American  

[yoo-taw, -tah] / ˈyu 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

This week, the NBA fined the Utah Jazz and Indiana Pacers over "management of their rosters."

From Barron's

They would place the burden of water cuts on Arizona, California and Nevada while not requiring any for the four other upriver states — Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times

Active cases now rage in Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Utah and Wyoming, with past cases in many more states.

From The Wall Street Journal

Kingston, 21, is being held without bail and is scheduled to appear in Utah’s 5th Judicial District Court on Friday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times

"Ripple et al. argued that carnivore recovery produced one of the world's strongest trophic cascades," said Dr. Daniel MacNulty, lead author and wildlife ecologist at Utah State University.

From Science Daily