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See also: yuma, and þuma

English

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Proper noun

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Yuma

  1. A city, the county seat of Yuma County, in southwestern Arizona, United States.
  2. A city in Yuma County, Colorado, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Taylor County, Kentucky, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Tennessee, United States

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Noun

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Yuma (countable and uncountable, plural Yumas)

  1. The Quechan people and language

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Spanish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝuma/ [ˈɟ͡ʝu.ma]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃuma/ [ˈʃu.ma]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒuma/ [ˈʒu.ma]

  • Rhymes: -uma
  • Syllabification: Yu‧ma

Proper noun

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Yuma f

  1. (Cuba, slang) United States of America

References

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  1. ^ Why Cubans Want To Go To "Yuma"”, in CBS News, 2022 February 11 (last accessed)
  2. ^ Sokol, Brett (2007 October 8) “How 3:10 to Yuma changed the way Cubans speak.”, in Slate Magazine, retrieved 2022-02-11