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Yuman

noun Yu·man \ˈyü-mən\

Definition of YUMAN

:  an American Indian language family of southwestern United States and northern Mexico
— Yuman adjective
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Origin of YUMAN

Yuma Quechan (member of a Yuman-speaking people of the lower Colorado River valley), from Spanish, from O'odham yu·mĭ
First Known Use: 1891

Rhymes with YUMAN

blooming, crewman, human, lumen, numen, rumen, Truman

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