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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A Northern Tiwa-speaking people and tribe located in northern New Mexico. plural, plural-only

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A historic Pueblo inhabited by the Picuris people located in Taos County, New Mexico.
2. 2
   A variety of Northern Tiwa spoken by these people.
3. 3
   The Picuris Mountains, a mountain range in northern New Mexico, considered to be a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Picurís, possibly from Eastern Keres Pikuli

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