Yuma
Americannoun
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a member of an American Indian people of Arizona.
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the Yuman dialect of the Yuma Indians, mutually intelligible with the dialect of the Mohave Indians.
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a city in SW Arizona, on the Colorado River.
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Like for the Yuma tent last year with Fatboy Slim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 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
Japan's Yuma Kagiyama held his second position to take silver with Sato moving up from ninth onto the podium.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov claimed his country’s first Olympic gold in figure skating while Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama shook off several falls in his program to fight for second place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
It featured the winner, a boy from Yuma.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
Here he was given a cold reception, so he turned back to the Yumas.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
At length they came to a tribe much shorter of stature than the Yumas, and friendly.
From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel
Their settlement was called Fort Defiance in contempt for the Yumas.
From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel
These three men came in contact with the Cocopahs and the Yumas, and possibly with other tribes.
From The Old Franciscan Missions Of California by James, George Wharton
And those left there were the ancestors of the present Yumas and Maricopas.
From Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona by Lloyd, J. William
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