Utah
[yoo-taw, -tah]
- a state in the W United States. 84,916 sq. mi. (219,930 sq. km). Capital: Salt Lake City. Abbreviation: UT (for use with zip code), Ut.
- 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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Examples from the Web for utah
Contemporary Examples
Even though clerks in Virginia, Colorado, Utah, and other states have been doing exactly that.
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January 5, 2015
Utah, USA Brigham Young was definitely onto something when he sought to build his Mormon “Zion” in the rugged hinterland of Utah.
Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah will never come anywhere close to being purple.
Black Republican members-elect include Mia Love of Utah and Will Hurd of Texas.
At least five (in Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, and Utah) have already been announced.
Historical Examples
The area where it prevails spread last year and took in Utah and Idaho.
It was sympathetic too, for Utah people are accustomed to go to church and listen.
For one I am proud of Utah's record in dealing with her female citizens.
Women in Utah always have been conspicuous in organized work.
Frank proceeded to Ogden, Utah, where he spent three days in sight-seeing.
Frank Merriwell's BraveryBurt L. Standish
Utah
- 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)Abbreviation: Ut, (with zip code) UT
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Word Origin and History for utah
Utah
U.S. teritory organized 1850 (admitted as a state 1896), from Spanish yuta, name of the indigenous Uto-Aztecan people of the Great Basin (Modern English Ute), perhaps from Western Apache (Athabaskan) yudah "high" (in reference to living in the mountains).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Utah
Note
The Great Salt Lake is located in the northwestern part of the state.
Note
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.
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