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Ute

noun \ˈyüt\
plural Ute or Utes

Definition of UTE

1
:  a member of an American Indian people originally ranging through Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico
2
:  the Uto-Aztecan language of the Ute people
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Origin of UTE

short for earlier Utah, Utaw, from American Spanish Yuta
First Known Use: 1776

Rhymes with UTE

boot, bruit, brut, brute, bute, Bute, butte, chute, cloot, coot, cute, flute, fruit, glout, glute, hoot, jute, Jute, loot, lute, moot, mute, newt, pood, root, Root, rout, route, scoot, scute, shoot, snoot, soot, suit, suite, toot, tout, ut

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