Keresan

Variant of Keres

Keres definition

Ke·res (kā′res′)

noun

  1. pl. Keres Ke′·res a member of any of seven Indian pueblos in N.Mex., mostly on the Rio Grande
  2. a family of languages, comprising the seven languages or dialects spoken by the Keres
    also Keresan Ker′·esan (ker′ə sən)

Etymology: Sp Queres < a Tanoan language

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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