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Pueblo

//ˈpwɛ.bloʊ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Pueblo Indians. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A city, the county seat of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Ohio Township, Spencer County, Indiana, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A surname. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A community in Spain or Spanish America, especially one of Pueblo Indians living in a stone or adobe multi-storey building.

    "The Spaniards took over whole pueblos, and the indians^([sic]) were taxed, enslaved, and tortured."

  2. 2
    a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States wordnet
  3. 3
    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) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish pueblo, from Latin populus. Doublet of people.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish pueblo, from Latin populus. Doublet of people.

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