a state of the western US: settled by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church) 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)
Abbreviation: Ut, (with zip code) UT
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U•tah
(yo̅o̅′tô, -tä),USA pronunciation n. U•tah•an, U•tahn
(yo̅o̅′tôn, tän),USA pronunciation adj., n.
- Place Namesa state in the W United States. 1,461,037; 84,916 sq. mi. (219,930 sq. km). Cap.: Salt Lake City. Abbr.: UT (for use with zip code), Ut.
- Militarythe 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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- Bryce Canyon National Park
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- Capitol Reef National Park
- Cedar City
- Clearfield
- Colorado Plateau
- Danger Cave
- Deseret
- Dinosaur National Monument
- Four Corners
- Grand River
- Great Basin
- Great Salt Lake
- Great Salt Lake Desert
- Green River
- Kearns
- Layton
- Magna
- Midvale
- Murray
- Natural Bridges
- Navajo
- Ogden
- Orem
- Pioneer Day
- Pleasant Grove
- Rainbow Bridge
- Rocky Mountain States
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- Salt Lake City
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- Young
- ancestry
- blue spruce
- bountiful
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- colorado
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