pueblo
noun
pueb·lo
ˈpwe-(ˌ)blō 
pü-ˈe-,
pyü-
1
a
: a village of Indigenous peoples of the southwestern U.S.
b
: the traditional communal dwelling of a pueblo consisting of contiguous flat-roofed stone or adobe houses in groups sometimes several stories high
2
Pueblo plural Pueblos
: a member of a group of Indigenous peoples of the southwestern U.S.
called also Puebloan
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pueblo
noun
pueb·lo
pü-ˈeb-lō
ˈpweb-,
pyü-ˈeb-
plural pueblos
1
: a village of Indigenous people of Arizona or New Mexico consisting of flat-roofed stone or adobe houses joined in groups sometimes several stories high
2
capitalized
: a member of any of several Indigenous peoples of Arizona and New Mexico
Etymology
from Spanish pueblo "village," literally, "people," from Latin populus "people"
Geographical Definition
Pueblo
geographical name
Pueb·lo
ˈpwe-ˌblo
city on the Arkansas River in southeast central Colorado population 106,595
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