Meaning of PUEBLO
| Pronunciation: | | 'pweblow, 'pweblow
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- [n] a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern U.S.
- [n] a city in Colorado south of Colorado Springs
- [n] a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called pueblos by the Spanish because they live in villages built of adobe and rock
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PUEBLO is a 6 letter word that starts with P. |
| | See Also: | | American Indian, Centennial State, city, CO, Colorado, hamlet, Hopi, Indian, metropolis, North American Indian, Red Indian, Taos, urban center, village, Zuni | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pueb"lo\, n. [Sp., a village, L. populus people. See
{People}.]
A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes of
Arizona and New Mexico. It is often of large size and several
stories high, and is usually built either of stone or adobe.
The term is also applied to any Indian village in the same
region.
{Pueblo Indians} (Ethnol.), any tribe or community of Indians
living in pueblos. The principal Pueblo tribes are the
Moqui, the Zu[~n]i, the Keran, and the Tewan.
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