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Ute
(yo͞ot)n. pl. Ute or Utes
1. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting a large area of Colorado, Utah, and northern New Mexico, with present-day populations in northeast Utah and along the Colorado-New Mexico border.
2. The Uto-Aztecan language of the Ute.
[From Utah, Ute Indian, from American Spanish Yuta; akin to Southern Paiute yuuttaci.]
ute
(yo͞ot)n. pl. utes Informal
A utility vehicle.
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ute
(juːt)n
(Automotive Engineering) informal Austral and NZ short for utility6
Ute
(juːt; ˈjuːtɪ)npl Utes or Ute
1. (Peoples) a member of a North American Indian people of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, related to the Aztecs
2. (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family
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ute
(yut)n.
Informal. a utility vehicle.
[1940–45]
Ute
(yut)n., pl. Utes, (esp. 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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2. | ![]() Shoshonean, Shoshonean language, Shoshonian, Shoshonian language - a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States |
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n (Austral Mot) → Kleintransporter m, → kleiner Lieferwagen
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