pueblo

noun pueb·lo \ ˈpwe-(ˌ)blō ; pü-ˈe- , pyü- \

Definition of pueblo

plural pueblos

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 U.S.

2 capitalized :a member of a group of American Indian peoples of the southwestern U.S.

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Martha Stewart Living would send him on these dream assignments, like to a Shaker farm, or a pueblo on top of a mesa, or a hunt for tiled silos.

— peter meehan, GQ, "Illustrator Tamara Shopsin on How to Find the Best Weird Places When You Travel," 29 Aug. 2017
For good reason, as the pueblo, built in the 12th century and the oldest continuously operating community in North America, sits atop a sheer-walled 367-foot sandstone bluff.

— patti nickell, chicagotribune.com, "Albuquerque boasts plenty of sass and style," 26 May 2017
For good reason, as the pueblo, built in the 12th century and the oldest continuously operating community in North America, sits atop a sheer-walled 367-foot sandstone bluff.

— patti nickell, chicagotribune.com, "Albuquerque boasts plenty of sass and style," 26 May 2017
Interspersed among the Powwow festivities were activities designed to give visitors a better cultural understanding of the 19 pueblos scattered across New Mexico.

— patti nickell, chicagotribune.com, "Albuquerque boasts plenty of sass and style," 26 May 2017
Interspersed among the Powwow festivities were activities designed to give visitors a better cultural understanding of the 19 pueblos scattered across New Mexico.

— patti nickell, star-telegram.com, "Albuquerque boasts style and history in equal measure," 22 May 2017
For good reason, as the pueblo, built in the 12th century and the oldest continuously operating community in North America, sits atop a sheer-walled 367-foot sandstone bluff.

— patti nickell, star-telegram, "Albuquerque boasts style and history in equal measure," 22 May 2017
The first homes were built here in the 1860s, when this part of the city was the far-flung western edge of the original pueblo.

— scott garner, latimes.com, "Neighborhood Spotlight: Pico-Union's architectural backdrop endures amid cultural evolution," 5 May 2017
Close to the pueblo’s center was a hidden chamber measuring just six feet long by six feet wide and accessible only through a small hatch in the roof.

— National Geographic, "DNA Offers Clues to Mysterious Crypt in Ancient Pueblo," 21 Feb. 2017

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Origin and Etymology of pueblo

Spanish, village, literally, people, from Latin populus

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: a group of Native American homes that have flat roofs and that were used in the past in the southwestern U.S.
Pueblo : a member of any of several groups of Native Americans from the southwestern U.S.

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noun pueb·lo \ ˈpwe-blō \

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plural pueblos

1 :an American Indian village of Arizona or New Mexico made up of groups of stone or adobe houses with flat roofs

2 capitalized :a member of any of several American Indian peoples of Arizona or New Mexico

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