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Definitions

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

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

jagirpueblo indianpuebloanpuebloan person

Example

More examples

"The Pueblo lived in fixed-location communities."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

Eastern PueblosGrasshopper PuebloJemez PuebloJemez PuebloPueblo CountyPueblo IndianPueblo RevivalPueblo RevoltSanto Domingo PuebloTaos PuebloTaos PuebloZuni Pueblo

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.