Yuma

[ yoo-muh ]

/ ˈyu mə /

a member of an American Indian people of Arizona.

the Yuman dialect of the Yuma Indians, mutually intelligible with the dialect of the Mohave Indians.

a city in SW Arizona, on the Colorado River.

Example sentences from the Web for yuma

The first movie—3:10 to Yuma—starred Glenn Ford and came from a 1953 story that had appeared in Dime Western.

Elmore Leonard’s Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune |Mike Lupica |September 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He pointed to Yuma, Ariz., as a prime example of where that partnership works.

U.S. Drug and Immigration Checkpoints Take Toll on Border Towns |Andrew Becker, G. W. Schulz |June 18, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
“They told me I was going to get deported,” Chang said of the border-patrol officers she encountered on the outskirts of Yuma.

Despite Obama’s Order, Deportation Looms for an Immigrant Dreamer |Allison Yarrow |June 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Then Yuma let out a wild cry as he threw his six-gun on the ground.

The Lone Ranger Rides |Fran Striker

She heard a crash–seeming to come from a great distance; heard Yuma curse again.

The Coming of the Law |Charles Alden Seltzer
She almost wished that she had left when Yuma wanted her to go with him.

The Lone Ranger Rides |Fran Striker
He hurried across the kitchen in a busybody sort of stride and followed Yuma into the darkness.

The Lone Ranger Rides |Fran Striker
The first steamboat to reach Yuma with supplies was the Uncle Sam, which arrived in 1852.

Arizona's Yesterday |John H. Cady