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Salt Lake City

–noun
a city in and the capital of Utah, in the N part, near the Great Salt Lake. 163,033.

U⋅tah

[yoo-taw, -tah]
–noun
1. a state in the W United States. 1,461,037; 84,916 sq. mi. (219,930 sq. km). Capital: Salt Lake City. Abbreviation: UT (for use with zip code), Ut.
2. Military. the World War II Allies' code name for the easternmost of the D-Day invasion beaches on France's Normandy coast, assaulted by American troops.

U⋅tah⋅an, U⋅tahn [yoo-tawn, tahn] , adjective, noun
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Salt Lake City   (sôlt)   
The capital and largest city of Utah, in the north-central part of the state near Great Salt Lake. Brigham Young and his followers settled here in 1847, establishing it as the center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population: 179,000.
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Salt Lake City

The capital of Utah and largest city in the state; located near the Great Salt Lake.

Note: Center of the Mormon Church.

Utah

State in the western United States bordered by Idaho and Wyoming to the north, Colorado to the east, Arizona to the south, and Nevada to the west. Its capital and largest city is Salt Lake City.

Note: The Great Salt Lake is located in the northwestern part of the state.
Note: Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormons, founded the state and to a large extent still dominate it.
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