Utah

American  

[yoo-taw, -tah] / ˈyu tɔ, -tɑ /

noun

1. a state in the western United States. 84,916 sq. mi. (219,930 sq. km). Salt Lake City. UT (for use with zip code), Ut.

2. Military. the World War II Allies' code name for the easternmost of the D-Day invasion beaches on France's Normandy coast, assaulted by American troops.

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Utah British  

/ ˈjuːtɔː, ˈjuːtɑː /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Ut.   UT.  a state of the western US: settled by Mormons in 1847; situated in the Great Basin and the Rockies, with the Great Salt Lake in the northwest; mainly arid and mountainous. Capital: Salt Lake City. Pop: 2 351 467 (2003 est). Area: 212 628 sq km (82 096 sq miles)

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Utah Cultural  

1. State in the western United States bordered by Idaho and Wyoming to the north, Colorado to the east, Arizona to the south, and Nevada to the west. Its capital and largest city is Salt Lake City.

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The Great Salt Lake is located in the northwestern part of the state.

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormons, founded the state and to a large extent still dominate it.

Other Word Forms

• Utahan adjective
• Utahn adjective

Example Sentences

The research was led by North Carolina State University, with contributions from multiple institutions including the University of Utah, and was published on in the journal Nature Physics.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

Kennedy received criticism from at least one Republican, Blake Moore of Utah, who said he had a neurodivergent son and was "underwhelmed" with the Trump administration's autism research efforts.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Last week, a Utah judge ruled that Paul can have supervised visits with Ever, until another hearing for a protective order later this month.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

But it’s quieter where you train in Park City, Utah.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

His tribe, the Shoshone, who were peaceful seed gatherers, had been forced to leave Utah and settle on a reservation in Wyoming with another tribe called the Arapaho.

From "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner