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YUMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Yuma mean? 

YUMA (noun)
  The noun YUMA has 3 senses:

1. a member of the North American Indian people of Arizona and adjacent Mexico and Californiaplay

2. a town in southwestern Arizona on the Colorado River and the California borderplay

3. the Yuman language spoken by the Yumaplay

  Familiarity information: YUMA used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


YUMA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the North American Indian people of Arizona and adjacent Mexico and California

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Yuma" is a kind of...):

Hoka; Hokan (a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A town in southwestern Arizona on the Colorado River and the California border

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Yuma" is a part of...):

Arizona; AZ; Grand Canyon State (a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon)


Sense 3

Meaning:

The Yuman language spoken by the Yuma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Yuma" is a kind of...):

Yuman (a group of language of the Hokan family in Arizona and California and Mexico)


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