Meanings
proper noun
- A mountain range that forms the western edge of the Rocky Mountains.
Four years ago, the snowboarder Travis Rice was riding in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains when he accidentally invented the double cork, one of the more progressive and talked-about tricks in snowboarding recently.
2008 January 25, Matt Higgins, “At X Games, One-Upmanship Is a Trend in High Places”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
Origin
Uncertain. Reportedly derived from Ute or other Numic language, but there is disagreement about the etymon.
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APA
Wasatch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wasatch
MLA
“Wasatch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wasatch. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wasatch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wasatch.
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