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🏞️ A town in New Mexico 🧑‍🦱 A Native American group
Taos

Taos

9.6
A person who lives in Taos Pueblo, a Native American community in northern New Mexico
  • noun
  • /taʊs/
translation icon : miembro del Pueblo de Taos
  • The Taos maintain many traditional ceremonies and crafts.

Examples

  • The Taos people have a rich cultural heritage.

  • Visitors to New Mexico often seek to learn more about the history of the Taos.

  • A respected elder among the Taos shared stories of their ancestors.

  • Did you know that the Taos Pueblo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities?

  • A respected elder among the Taos shared stories of their ancestors.

  • The Taos maintain many traditional ceremonies and crafts.

  • Visitors to New Mexico often seek to learn more about the history of the Taos.

Synonyms

Pueblo
vsTaos
22 6.5

A Native American people of the southwestern United States who live in villages made of adobe and stone

is specifically from a northern New Mexico community rather than any southwestern group
Puebloan
vsTaos
1 8.0

A person from the Pueblo communities in the southwestern United States

is specifically from a northern New Mexico community rather than broadly across the region

Compounds

Taos art colony
7.6

A group of artists in Taos, New Mexico who influenced American art

Surface Forms

Taos singular
Taoses plural

Etymology

Taos for a person means a member of the Taos Pueblo and comes from the people’s own Tiwa name, which is often said to mean 'place of red willows'. So calling someone a Taos ties them to that place and to the native community's long history.