Deseret

[dez-uh-ret]

Des·er·et

[dez-uh-ret]
noun
1.
a territory established by the Mormons in 1849 as a proposed state of the Union: was refused admission to the Union by Congress and incorporated in the newly organized Territory of Utah 1850.
2.
Informal. the state of Utah.
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