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Definition of pueblo
pueblos
1a : 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 highb : 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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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.
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Interspersed among the Powwow festivities were activities designed to give visitors a better cultural understanding of the 19 pueblos scattered across New Mexico.
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Interspersed among the Powwow festivities were activities designed to give visitors a better cultural understanding of the 19 pueblos scattered across New Mexico.
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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.
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Farther north is this pueblo, one of the smallest and most charming in the state.
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Origin and Etymology of pueblo
Spanish, village, literally, people, from Latin populus
Pueblo
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city on the Arkansas River in southeast central Colorado population 106,595
PUEBLO Defined for English Language Learners
pueblo
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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.
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Pueblo : a member of any of several groups of Native Americans from the southwestern U.S.
Pueblo
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: U.S. city, Colorado
PUEBLO Defined for Kids
pueblo
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pueblos
1 : an American Indian village of Arizona or New Mexico made up of groups of stone or adobe houses with flat roofs
2 cap : a member of any of several American Indian peoples of Arizona or New Mexico
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