Yuma

[ yoo-muh ]

/ ˈyu mə /

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noun, plural Yu·mas (especially collectively) Yu·ma for 1.

a member of an American Indian people of Arizona.

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

a city in SW Arizona, on the Colorado River.

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How to use Yuma in a sentence

Head to Yuma, which the Guinness Book of World Records has designated the world’s sunniest city, for a permit and an ATV rental.
The Ultimate Guide to Arizona Public Lands|Outside Editors|April 1, 2021|Outside Online
While driving through 116-degree Yuma, Arizona, on a late-August road trip, when every other food item not in the cooler melted in the van, I was surprised to find my drinks floating in ice and chilly water.
The Gear Our Editors Loved in October|The Editors|November 5, 2020|Outside Online
The light gray line shows how much water flowed on the Colorado at Yuma.
Environment Report: Gómez and Jacobs on the Green New Deal, Climate Injustice and More|MacKenzie Elmer|October 12, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The first movie—3:10 to Yuma—starred Glenn Ford and came from a 1953 story that had appeared in Dime Western.
Elmore Leonard’s Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune|Mike Lupica|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He pointed to Yuma, Ariz., as a prime example of where that partnership works.
U.S. Drug and Immigration Checkpoints Take Toll on Border Towns|Andrew Becker, G. W. Schulz|June 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“They told me I was going to get deported,” Chang said of the border-patrol officers she encountered on the outskirts of Yuma.
Despite Obama’s Order, Deportation Looms for an Immigrant Dreamer|Allison Yarrow|June 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Of the twenty trappers who had accompanied them across the plains from Fort Yuma, only seven remained.
Frank in the Mountains|Harry Castlemon
Their food is amole, bellota and pinole and their chiefs are called Mule and Yuma.
The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California|S. F. Cook
Your Yuma, who ran away, showed too much skill to be a servant.
A Prince of Anahuac|James A. Porter
The Yuma proper are large physically, and finely proportioned.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume 28|Various
From these Yuma Indians I take the name for the group now under notice.
Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham