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pueblo

Syllabification: (pueb·lo)
Definition of pueblo

noun (plural pueblos)

  • 1an American Indian settlement of the southwestern US, especially one consisting of multistoried adobe houses built by the Pueblo people.
  • 2 (Pueblo) (plural same or pueblos) a member of any of various American Indian peoples, including the Hopi, occupying pueblo settlements chiefly in New Mexico and Arizona. Their prehistoric period is known as the Anasazi culture.

adjective

(Pueblo)
  • of, relating to, or denoting the Pueblos or their culture.

Origin:

Spanish, literally 'people', from Latin populus

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Definition of pueblo in the British & World English dictionary