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Uinta Mountains

Uinta Mountains proper noun: a subrange of the Rocky Mountains in northeastern Utah extending a short distance into northwest Colorado and slightly into southwestern Wyoming.

Proper noun

the Uinta Mountains

  1. A subrange of the Rocky Mountains in northeastern Utah extending a short distance into northwest Colorado and slightly into southwestern Wyoming.
    Synonyms:
    Uintas

Synonyms of Uinta Mountains

Origin of Uinta Mountains

From Ute Yoov-we-teuh (“pine tree, pine forest”).

Questions about Uinta Mountains

What does Uinta Mountains mean?
Uinta Mountains means a subrange of the Rocky Mountains in northeastern Utah extending a short distance into northwest Colorado and slightly into southwestern Wyoming.
What part of speech is Uinta Mountains?
Uinta Mountains is a proper noun.

Words near Uinta Mountains in the dictionary

  1. uinals
  2. uint
  3. Uinta chipmunk
  4. Uinta chipmunks
  5. Uinta County
  6. Uinta Mountains
  7. Uintah
  8. Uintah County
  9. uintahite
  10. uintahites
  11. uintaite

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