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pueblo

noun

  1. modern and old communities of Native Americans in the western United States
L306520 on Wikidata ↗

proper noun

  1. city in Colorado, United States of America
L453137 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpwɛ.bləʊ/ / /ˈpwɛ.bloʊ/

name

Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pueblo, from Latin populus. Doublet of people.

  1. Of or pertaining to the Pueblo Indians.
  2. A city, the county seat of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Ohio Township, Spencer County, Indiana, United States.
  4. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pueblo, from Latin populus. Doublet of people.

  1. A community in Spain or Spanish America, especially one of Pueblo Indians living in a stone or adobe multi-storey building.

    The Spaniards took over whole pueblos, and the indians^([sic]) were taxed, enslaved, and tortured.

    ‘And their flats and houses?’ Jane pointed to a custer of executive villas in the pueblo style.