Yuma

American  

[yoo-muh] / ˈju mə /

noun

• Yumas,
  plural
• Yuma
  plural

1. a member of an American Indian people of Arizona.

2. the Yuman dialect of the Yuma Indians, mutually intelligible with the dialect of the Mohave Indians.

3. a city in SW Arizona, on the Colorado River.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Yuma
  plural
• Yumas
  plural

Example Sentences

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Yuma Yumas

Like for the Yuma tent last year with Fatboy Slim.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

One thing to note is in previous years the more rock and punk-based Sonora Tent streams Weekend 1 and it’s replaced by the house-centric Yuma Tent for Weekend 2.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

Metros there, including Laredo, Texas, and Yuma, Ariz., saw some of the biggest percentage declines in population growth rates in the most recently measured year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

Yuma Kagiyama of Japan, regarded as Malinin's nearest rival for gold, fell on a quad flip and had to settle for silver.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 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

Hobbs calls this the best thing the Yumas ever did.

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 Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh

To him the two escaped desperadoes came with a complaint against the Yumas, but the captain was posted and he put the men in irons to be transported to California for trial.

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 Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh

The Maricopas, by the Gila, believe when they die they shall transmigrate into birds, beasts, and reptiles, and shall return to the banks of the Colorado, whence they were driven by the Yumas.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

Here he was given a cold reception, so he turned back to the Yumas.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton

I ran on a little bar and panned out some dust, so I camped a while, washing gold, getting friendly with the Yumas, and talking horse and other things with the immigrants.

From Arizona Nights by Stewart Edward White