Yuma
[yoo-muh]
- 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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Examples from the Web for yuma
Contemporary Examples
The first movie—3:10 to Yuma—starred Glenn Ford and came from a 1953 story that had appeared in Dime Western.
He pointed to Yuma, Ariz., as a prime example of where that partnership works.
U.S. Drug and Immigration Checkpoints Take Toll on Border TownsAndrew Becker, G. W. Schulz
June 18, 2013
“They told me I was going to get deported,” Chang said of the border-patrol officers she encountered on the outskirts of Yuma.
Historical Examples
And, as the revulsion of feeling set in, Petty set out for Yuma.
A Wounded NameCharles King
The first steamboat to reach Yuma with supplies was the Uncle Sam, which arrived in 1852.
Arizona's YesterdayJohn H. Cady
Yuma is the place where the infamous "Doc" Glanton and his gang operated.
Arizona's YesterdayJohn H. Cady
Yuma, of which I have just spoken, is famed for many reasons.
Arizona's YesterdayJohn H. Cady
Well, they make their getaway at Yuma after Struve has killed a guard.
A Texas RangerWilliam MacLeod Raine