Yuma
Americannoun
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Yumas,
plural
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Yuma
plural
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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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It is building a pilot facility in Yuma, Ariz., and is collaborating with farmers and technical experts in Arizona, California and elsewhere to further evaluate hesperaloe’s viability as a commercial crop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
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
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
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 George Wharton James
The Papagos, Pimas, Yumas, Maricopas and other peaceable Indian peoples were of a settled nature and had lived in their respective territories for ages before the white man came to the West.
From Arizona's Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer by John H. (John Henry) Cady
The Yumas moved up river a ways, where they've lived ever since.
From Arizona Nights by Stewart Edward White
Here we met Don Pascual, a head chief of the Yumas, Don Diego Jaeger, and the "Great Western," three of the most celebrated characters in the annals of Fort Yuma.
From Frontier service during the rebellion or, A history of Company K, First Infantry, California Volunteers by George H. Pettis
Among those employed were a number of Indians, Pimas, Maricopas, Pagagos, Yumas, Yaquis and one or two Apache-Mohaves.
From Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert by James H. McClintock
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