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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Eventually, Yuma students leaned into the Criminals moniker, and it became the school’s official nickname in 1917.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
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
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
In winter, the company picks up and moves its operation, and many of its employees, south to Yuma, Arizona.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
This was the last attempt made by the Spaniards to missionize the Yumas.
From The Old Franciscan Missions Of California by George Wharton James
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 Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh
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
Their settlement was called Fort Defiance in contempt for the Yumas.
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
There is no other evidence that there ever was any alliance between them till the Maricopas, fearing extermination from the Yumas, joined the Pimas sometime in the first half of the nineteenth century.
From Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona by J. William Lloyd
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