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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A federally recognized tribe of Tewa-speaking Pueblo people in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. plural, plural-only

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to the Tesuque people. not-comparable

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The pueblo inhabited by these people, one of the Rio Grande Pueblos.
2. 2
   A census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States.

Etymology

From Spanish Tesuque, from Tewa Tetsʼúgéh (“narrow place of the cottonwood trees”).

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