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noun, plural Utes, (especially collectively) Ute. 1.a member of an American Indian people of Utah and W Colorado.
2.a dialect or group of dialects of the Uto-Aztecan
language shared by the Utes and Southern Paiutes.
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| ute (juːt) |
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| —n |
| informal (Austral), (NZ) short for utility |
| Ute (juːt, ˈjuːtɪ) |
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| —n , Utes, Ute |
| 1. | a member of a North American Indian people of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, related to the Aztecs |
| 2. | the language of this people, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family |
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