Yuma
Americannoun
plural
Yumas,plural
Yuma-
a member of an American Indian people of Arizona.
-
the Yuman dialect of the Yuma Indians, mutually intelligible with the dialect of the Mohave Indians.
-
a city in SW Arizona, on the Colorado River.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
And there has been a dedicated VIP entrance for the Yuma Tent in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Malinin scored 218.11 in the free skate for a total 329.40, far ahead of silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama of Japan on 306.67.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026
Born March 31, 1927, near Yuma, Ariz., Chavez became a near-legendary figure in Mexican-American culture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
The 21-year-old from Virginia, the son of figure skaters from Uzbekistan who competed at the Olympics before settling in the United States, leads Japanese skater Yuma Kagiyama by a comfortable 5.09-point margin.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
When the boy arrived back at Yuma High, the whole school mobbed him in the parking lot: banners, cheerleaders, band music, confetti, streamers.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
