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PUEBLO
pueblo
(noun) a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States
Pueblo
(noun) a city in Colorado to the south of Colorado Springs
Pueblo
(noun) 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)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pueblo (plural pueblos)
A community in Spain or Spanish America, especially one of Pueblo Indians living in a stone or adobe multi-storey building. [from 19th c.]
Proper noun
Pueblo
A city, the county seat of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States.
Source: Wiktionary
Pueb"lo, n. Etym: [Sp., a village, L. populus people. See People.]
Definition: 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 Zuñi, the Keran, and the Tewan.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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