pueblo
pue·blo
pueblo · pueblos
A community in Spain or Spanish America, especially one of Pueblo Indians living in a…A community in Spain or Spanish America, especially one of Pueblo Indians living in a stone or adobe multi-storey building.
UK/ˈpwɛ.bləʊ/US/ˈpwɛ.bloʊ/
» The Pueblo lived in fixed-location communities.
Meaning
1 sensesA community in Spain or Spanish America, especially one of Pueblo Indians living in a stone or adobe multi-storey building.
More definitions
- a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States
- a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called ‘Pueblos’ by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock)
- a city in Colorado to the south of Colorado Springs
Examples
3 sentencesThe Pueblo lived in fixed-location communities.
Southwestern Native Americans were known for building pueblos.
Some Southwestern Native Americans lived in adobe houses called pueblos.
Origin
Borrowed from Spanish pueblo, from Latin populus. Doublet of people.Borrowed from Spanish pueblo, from Latin populus. Doublet of people.
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