How did Utah got its name?

Utah got its nickname from the Ute Indians and before the Ute indians were there the mormon settlers called them the beehive state, lake tahoe state, and desert state. Utah got its name from the ute indians also.

Utah got it's name from the Native American tribe living in the area-- the Utes. The word Utah in the Ute language refers to the high elevation of the area. Utah was named for it's mountains.

Diptheria got it's name because the land of UTAH liked the name.

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Utah got its name from the Ute Native American tribe which reside within the states borders. The name was first officially used when the land was declared the Utah Territory in the Compromise of 1850. It was proposed by those within Utah that it be named Deseret, along with much different boundaries; the U.S. Government did not comply.

where did Utah get its name

Th US State of Utah got its name from native tribe known as the Nuutsiu or Utes (which itself may come from the Apache yudah, yiuta or yuttahih, meaning 'they who are higher up'), encountered by Spanish in the late 1500s. Utemeans 'Land of the Sun' and 'Nuciu' 'Nuutsiu' or 'Noochew' as 'the people', in the tribe's language. The state of Utah was named after the native American tribe the Utes who lived in the…

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Anther name for Utah is Ute or the Beehive State.

The name "Utah" comes from the native American "Ute."

Utah Phillips's birth name is Bruce Phillips.

Ute was the tribe that was Native to Utah. That are what people from Utah are called.

Utah State University

The lake is also the name of the capitol city of Utah. That has 3 words.

The cost is $360 to change your name in the state of Utah.

Les dunes de la Madeleine is the actual name of Utah Beach.

From the Ute Indian tribe who lived in Utah.

There is currently no NFL team in the state of Utah. There is an NBA team (Utah Jazz).

The Capitol Reef National Park is the national park near Torrey. It got its name by its long ridge that is topped with white sandstone that looks like a capitol dome.

The Jazz are originally from New Orleans, where the jazz genre originated. They retained their name when they relocateed to Utah.

The real name of the beach was Le dunes de Madelaine. 'Utah Beach' was simply the Allied code name.

The State of Utah is famous for it's interesting name. And also for the beehives. Utah is the beehive state

it is called the Wasatch mountain range

The Mormon Cricket is a shieldbacked katydid found in the western United States. They got their name because a swarm of them threatened to destroy the first crops planted by Mormons in Utah.

Well Utah was baisacally making iron and sending it to Germany and they got paid very little!

Filmed in Utah - 2011 All I've Got 2-42 was released on: USA: 10 June 2013

Herriman, Utah was founded by a guy named Henry Harriman... I don't know why the city is spelled differently than the name, but that is how the name came to be.

The Great Salt Lake in Northern Utah

The name Utah comes from the Ute Indians, it means top of the mountain.

Utah has no mayor it has a Governor named Jon Huntsman Jr.

Sego Lily is the official state flower for Utah.

The Great Salt Lake is located in the northern part of Utah.

Four legacies? Utah itself if the legacy!

The largest lake in Utah is the Great Salt Lake.

The state flag of Utah does not have an official name or nickname but is blue in color. The nickname of the state of Utah is "The Beehive State".

Yes, the word Utah is a proper noun, the name of a state. A proper is the name of a specific person, place, or thing.

The largest lakes in Utah are The Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake, Lake Powell, and Bear Lake.

Large lakes in Utah - Utah Lake, Lake Tahoe, Flathead Lake, Great Salt Lake.

Utah is named for the Ute Native American tribe that is native to the area. The Mormon Pioneers originally wanted to name the state "Deseret" which means honeybee, but government officials decided to name it "Utah" instead, which means "the top of the mountain" in the Ute language.

It is called The great lake of Utah

Because, it did. Why?

They had a war i guess then won it then got the country?.

Bear Lake is the lake that is on the border of Utah and Idaho.

The congress wanted Utah to be called Deseret and it would have been huge.

Utah comes from the Ute Native American tribe. It is said to mean "top of the mountains".

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Brigham Young originally wanted to name Utah "Deseret" but the US government said no, because who would want to live in a state with a name that sounds like desert? So Utah is named for a large native American tribe, the Utes.

A beaver trapper believe with the last name PROVO.