Yuma
English edit
Proper noun edit
Yuma
- A city, the county seat of Yuma County, in southwestern Arizona, United States.
- A city in Yuma County, Colorado, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Taylor County, Kentucky, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Tennessee, United States
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
Yuma (countable and uncountable, plural Yumas)
- The Quechan people and language
Anagrams edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Yuma, from the 1957 American western film 3:10 to Yuma.[1] Possibly based on an already existing phonetic loan of English united ("yunay")[2]
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -uma
- Syllabification: Yu‧ma
Proper noun edit
Yuma f
References edit
- ^ “Why Cubans Want To Go To "Yuma"”, in CBS News, 2022 February 11 (last accessed)
- ^ Sokol, Brett (2007 October 8) “How 3:10 to Yuma changed the way Cubans speak.”, in Slate Magazine, retrieved 2022-02-11