Main Entry:

pueb·lo

Pronunciation:

\ˈpwe-(ˌ)blō; pü-ˈe-, pyü-\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural pueb·los

Etymology:

Spanish, village, literally, people, from Latin populus

Date:

1808

1 a: the communal dwelling of an American Indian village of Arizona, New Mexico, and adjacent areas consisting of contiguous flat-roofed stone or adobe houses in groups sometimes several stories high b: an American Indian village of the southwestern United States2capitalized : a member of a group of American Indian peoples of the southwestern United States