Etymology

Uinta Mountains

Today it means: A subrange of the Rocky Mountains in northeastern Utah extending a short distance into northwest Colorado and slightly into southwestern Wyoming. Full definition →

Ute Yoov-we-teuh
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  1. Ute · derived fromYoov-we-teuh“pine tree, pine forest”
  2. English todayUinta Mountains

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.