pueblo

Definitions


[ˈpwɛbləʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a settlement of Indigenous peoples in the south-western US, especially one consisting of multistoreyed, flat-roofed houses built of adobe or stone by the Pueblo people

- a member of any of various Indigenous peoples, including the Hopi, occupying pueblo settlements in the south-western US. Their prehistoric period is known as the Ancestral Puebloan culture


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Origin:
Spanish, ‘village, people’, from Latin populus ‘people’


[ˈpwɛbləʊ], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to or denoting the Pueblo or their culture
(e.g: the Pueblo people)


Phrases:

Origin:
Spanish, ‘village, people’, from Latin populus ‘people’




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