uta
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of uta
< New Latin, probably Latinization of Ute
Example Sentences
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When they finished, Kubota explained how shima uta worked.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2012
Oshiro, 76, is a legendary singer of shima uta, songs of the Ryukyu Islands, as Okinawa is also known.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2012
Rainbow-colored billboards and sidewalk placards advertise places to hear live music; from every direction shima uta spills onto the sidewalks.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2012
Their accounts are kept in the following manner: 10 pecoos are a laxsau, 10 laxsaus a cattee, 10 cattees an uta, and 10 utas a bahar.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Kerr, Robert
The same shall fall out of the other nine middle triangles, nae, nej, eji, jiv, ivo, vof, fou, fut, uta, tan.
From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William
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