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Utah Arm
The Utah Arm is a myoelectric prosthetic arm for upper-limb amputees, developed at the University of Utah in the late 1970s and manufactured since 1981 by Motion Control.
Utah Beach
Utah Beach, Normandy: westernmost D-Day landing beach, added to Overlord in December 1943 by Eisenhower and Montgomery to speed Cherbourg's capture; 4th Infantry Division landed 6 June 1944 with only 197 casualties.
Utah County
Utah County, Utah: second-largest of Utah's 29 counties, county seat Provo, founded 1850 and named for the Ute Indians. Estimated 759,859 residents in 2025, up 15.2% since 2020, between the Wasatch Mountains and Utah Lake.
Utah Data Center
The Utah Data Center, code-named Bumblehive, is an NSA-led intelligence data storage facility at Camp Williams near Bluffdale, Utah, completed in 2014 for roughly $1.5 billion.
Utah Democratic Party
Utah Democratic Party (Democratic Party of Utah), the Utah affiliate of the US Democratic Party, headquartered in Salt Lake City, chaired by Brian King as of 2026; super-minority party nominating by convention and ranked-choice voting, platform adopted April 27, 2024.
Utah Department of Transportation
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is the Utah state agency responsible for all interstate and state highways, created in 1975 and headquartered in Salt Lake City.
Utah FORGE
Utah FORGE is a Department of Energy underground field laboratory near Milford, Utah, managed by the University of Utah to develop enhanced geothermal systems in hot rock.
Utah Jazz
Utah Jazz, formerly New Orleans Jazz, NBA team in Salt Lake City since 1979; two Finals losses to Chicago (1997, 1998), zero titles, Delta Center home, owned by Ryan Smith's SEG.
Utah Mammoth
Utah Mammoth: NHL team in Salt Lake City, owned by Ryan and Ashley Smith's SEG, formerly Arizona Coyotes assets and Utah Hockey Club; named May 7, 2025 by fan vote, plays at Delta Center, colors Rock Black, Mountain Blue, Salt White.
Utah monolith
Utah monolith: three-sided stainless-steel pillar found November 18, 2020 in a remote Canyonlands cove, San Juan County, by a bighorn-survey helicopter crew; removed November 27, 2020; maker unknown; inspired worldwide copycats.
Utah Olympic Park
Utah Olympic Park, originally Utah Winter Sports Park, is a 389-acre 2002 Salt Lake Olympics venue near Park City, Utah, with six nordic jumps, a 1,335-meter sliding track, and planned reuse for the 2034 Winter Games.
Utah State University
Utah State University (USU), founded 1888 as the Agricultural College of Utah, is Utah's land-grant and space-grant R1 public research university in Logan, home of the Space Dynamics Laboratory DoD UARC and the Utah Water Research Laboratory.
Utah teapot
The Utah teapot, or Newell teapot, is a standard 3D test model in computer graphics, created in 1975 by Martin Newell at the University of Utah.
Utah Territorial Militia
Utah Territorial Militia, the Nauvoo Legion, was Utah Territory's official militia 1851-1887, organized from the Illinois Mormon militia of 1840; it fought in the Utah War, Walker War, and Black Hawk War and was disbanded by the Edmunds-Tucker Act.
Utah Territory
Utah Territory (1850–1896), the U.S. territory created by the Compromise of 1850 after rejecting the State of Deseret, governed under the Organic Act with Brigham Young as first governor, denied statehood over polygamy until the 1890 Manifesto, admitted as the 45th state January 4, 1896.
Utah Utes football
Utah Utes football, University of Utah FBS program in the Big 12 since August 2024 after the Pac-12 (2011-24); two-time BCS buster (2004 Fiesta, 2008 Sugar), 16-4 bowl record, back-to-back Pac-12 titles 2021-22.
Utah v. Lafferty
Utah v. Lafferty, the Ron and Dan Lafferty case, was a 1988 Utah Supreme Court decision affirming Ron Lafferty's death sentence for two 1984 murders.
Utah Valley University
Utah Valley University (UVU) is a public university in Orem, Utah, founded in 1941 as Central Utah Vocational School. Utah's largest public university with 48,669 fall 2025 students, it combines university and community college missions.
Utah War
Utah War (1857–1858), also called Buchanan's Blunder or the Utah Expedition: armed confrontation between Latter-day Saint Utah Territory and the U.S. government over Brigham Young's replacement as governor, featuring the Mountain Meadows Massacre and about 150 violent deaths.
Utah/MIT Dexterous Hand
The Utah/MIT Dexterous Hand is a tendon-driven, pneumatically actuated robotic hand developed jointly by the University of Utah and MIT, begun in 1982, with four digits and multichannel touch sensing.
Utahraptor
Utahraptor (Utahraptor ostrommaysi), "Utah's predator," is a giant Early Cretaceous dromaeosaurid from Utah's Cedar Mountain Formation, about 6 m long with a 24 cm sickle claw, Utah's state dinosaur since 2018.
Utai
Utai is the chanted vocal music of Japanese noh theater, whose texts are called yōkyoku; its repertoire of about 250 plays spread broadly after the Ōnin War.
Utaite (歌い手)
Utaite (歌い手) are Japanese internet singers who post cover performances (utattemita), born on Niconico after 2006–2007 with Hatsune Miku, tied to Vocaloid culture, largely anonymous, and known for crossovers like Ado's 2020 "Usseewa" debut.
Utamaro (喜多川歌麿)
Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川歌麿, c. 1753–1806), Edo ukiyo-e master of bijinga; pupil of Toriyama Sekien, published by Tsutaya Jūzaburō; developed ōkubi-e bust portraits around 1793; punished in 1804 under the Kansei reforms.
Utamish
Utamish (أوتامش) was a Turkic military commander who served as vizier to Caliph al-Musta'in from 862, holding more real power than any other figure in the caliphal government.
Utapate oil field
Utapate is an oil field in OML 13, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, source of a light, very low-sulfur crude blend launched for export in 2024.
Utaridi Planitia
Utaridi Planitia is a 930 km wide plain on Mercury, centered at 65.5°S, 270.17°W, in quadrangle H-15. Named from the Swahili word for Mercury, it was IAU-approved on March 14, 2017.
Utawarerumono (うたわれるもの)
Utawarerumono (うたわれるもの) is an Aquaplus/Leaf Japanese media franchise begun April 26, 2002 as a Windows adult visual novel-SRPG; it grew into a trilogy, anime, action spin-offs, Monochrome Mobius, and the 2026 finale Shiro e no Michishirube.
Utba ibn Ghazwan
Utba ibn Ghazwan (عتبة بن غزوان) was a companion of Muhammad and a military commander and governor under Caliph Umar, remembered as the founder of the city of Basra in southern Iraq.
Utba ibn Rabi'a
Utba ibn Rabi'a (عتبة بن ربيعة) was a chief of the Quraysh of Mecca who mediated the Fijar War and died fighting the Muslims at Badr in 624.