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10 Language-to-English DictionariesUte
/juːt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A member of a Native American people of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.
"The Ute tribe has a rich cultural heritage tied to the mountains of Colorado." - 2
The Numic language spoken by the Ute people.
"Efforts are being made by local schools to preserve and teach the Ute language to younger generations."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the endonym of the Nuche people, meaning 'land of the sun' or 'they who ride'. The term entered English via Spanish borrowings from the historical Southern Numic language family spoken by indigenous peoples of the Great Basin and Rocky Mountain regions. Over centuries, it evolved from an ethnic self-designation into a recognized geographic, tribal, and linguistic identifier in American English.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ute" is said worldwide
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Ute
Transliteration: yut
"Les Utes vivent traditionnellement dans le Colorado et l'Utah."
Ute
Transliteration: uːtə
"Die Ute sind ein indigener Stamm in Nordamerika."
Ute
Transliteration: ute
"Gli Ute sono una popolazione indigena degli Stati Uniti."
Ute
Transliteration: ute
"El pueblo Ute habitaba tradicionalmente la región de las Montañas Rocosas."
Ute
Transliteration: ute
"Os Utes são um povo nativo americano."
यूट जनजाति
Transliteration: yoot janjati
"यूट लोग उत्तरी अमेरिका के मूल निवासी हैं।"
尤特人
Transliteration: Yóutè rén
"尤特人是美国西部的原住民族群。"
유테족
Transliteration: yutejok
"유테족은 미국 서부의 원주민 부족입니다."
ユート族
Transliteration: Yūto-zoku
"ユート族は北米の先住民族の一つです。"
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