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

YouTube’s livestream for Weekend 2 will include the Yuma Tent, a haven for house and techno.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

Malinin scored 218.11 in the free skate for a total 329.40, far ahead of silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama of Japan on 306.67.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 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

Japan's Yuma Kagiyama, second after the short programme, also fell during his routine, but took silver ahead of compatriot Shun Sato who moved up from ninth.

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

It featured the winner, a boy from Yuma.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

The statement that the closing of the waters left the Yumas and Maricopas on the far bank of the Colorado is likely only a mahkai’s fanciful attempt to explain their presence there.

From Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona by Lloyd, J. William

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 Pettis, George H.

Now those infernal Yumas have got to scout, whether they want to or not.

From Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier by King, Charles

Hobbs employed the Yumas to take his party over, the horses swimming, and the arrangement seems to have worked very well.

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

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 Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel