pueblo

UK: 'Pueblo': /ˈpwɛbləʊ/; 'pueblo': English: /ˈpwɛbləʊ/, Spanish: /ˈpweβlo/

US: /ˈpwɛbloʊ/

US: 'Pueblo': (pweb′lō); 'pueblo': (pweb′lō; for 4, 5, also Sp. pwe′blô)

Inflections of 'pueblo' (n): npl: pueblos

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pueb•lo /ˈpwɛbloʊ/   n. [countable] , pl. -los. 

1. Anthropology a communal living place or dwelling of certain agricultural Native Americans of the southwestern U.S., consisting of a number of houses built together and made of stone or adobe.
2. Anthropology any Indian village in the southwestern U.S.
3. (in Spanish America) a town or village.
4. (in the Philippines) a town or township.

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pueb•lo  (pweb′lō; for 4, 5, also Sp. pwe′blô), n., pl. pueb•los 

(pweb′lōz; Sp. pwe′blôs). 
1. Anthropology a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S.: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder.
2. Language Varieties (cap.) a member of a group of Indian peoples living in pueblo villages in New Mexico and Arizona since prehistoric times.
3. Anthropology an Indian village.
4. (in Spanish America) a town or village.
5. (in the Philippines) a town or a township.

• Latin populus people
• American Spanish; Spanish: town, people
• 1800–10, American.

Pueb•lo  (pweb′lō), n. 

1. Place Names a city in central Colorado. 101,106.

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pueblo / ˈpwɛbləʊ ˈpweβlo/ noun ( -los / -ləʊz -los/)

1. a communal village, built by certain indigenous peoples of the southwestern US and parts of Latin America, consisting of one or more flat-roofed stone or adobe houses
2. (in Spanish America) a village or town

Etymology: 19th Century: from Spanish: people, from Latin populus

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Pueblo / ˈpwɛbləʊ/ noun ( -lo, -los)

1. a member of any of the Native American peoples who live in pueblos, including the Tanoans, Zuñi, and Hopi

Pueblo / ˈpwɛbləʊ/ noun

1. a city in Colorado: a centre of the steel industry. Pop: 103 648 (2003 est)