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pueblo

pueblo

7 7.7
A village of connected adobe or stone houses with several floors built by Native Americans in the US southwest
  • noun
  • /ˈpwɛbloʊ/
  • US
translation icon : pueblo
  • But they included a visit to Native American pueblos in New Mexico to help them rebuild some of the oldest settlements in the entire US.
  • Taos Pueblo
  • Tusayan pueblo
  • Aguato Pueblo

Examples

  • Pecos and the missions at other pueblos became trading places for the Spanish as well.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The study was conducted in six rural American Indian pueblos and ten predominantly Hispanic communities in New Mexico.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Hey, is there, like, a village or pueblo soon?

    The Green Inferno (2013)

  • Are we still going to the Pueblo, like you said?

    Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976)

  • You can build yourself a pueblo house.

    Silkwood (1983)

  • We should get to the pueblo.

    Beyond The Sky (2018)

  • Nowadays we know which potter from which pueblo does which piece.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • There are physical remains of more than 30 former pueblos on the Colorado Plateau west of Zunian territory.

    Academic text (1991)

  • In the spring of 1583, Antonio de Espejo confirmed that five pueblos survived on the Little Colorado River.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The Lost City Museum features a replica of an ancient pueblo and artifacts that showcase the history of Native Americans.

Synonyms

village
vspueblo
∞ 1.0

A small group of houses in the countryside where people live and form a community

applies to Southwestern communal multistoried adobe or stone buildings rather than a rural community
rancheria
vspueblo
  • US
1 9.9

A small village in the countryside where Native American people live, often in the southwestern United States

emphasizes communal multistoried adobe or stone architecture over a generic small settlement

How Big

city
∞ 1.0
town
∞ 1.0
pueblo
  • US
7 7.7
village
∞ 1.0
hamlet
24 5.0

Surface Forms

pueblo singular
pueblos plural

Etymology

Pueblo comes from Spanish and means 'people' or 'village', from Latin populus meaning 'people', the same root you see in English population. Spanish settlers used pueblo for the shared villages they found in the American Southwest, so pueblo today names those traditional Native American villages.