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pueblo definition

☆ pueblo (pweb′lō)

noun pl. pueblos -·los (-lōz), pueblo -·lo

  1. a type of communal village built by certain Amerindian peoples of the SW U.S. and parts of Latin America, consisting of one or more flat-roofed structures of stone or adobe, arranged in terraces and housing a number of families
  2. a member of any of the peoples inhabiting pueblos, as a Zuni or Hopi
  3. any Indian village in the SW U.S.
  4. in Spanish America, a village or town
  5. in the Philippines, a municipality; town or township

Etymology: Sp, village, people < L populus, people

Pueblo definition

Pueb·lo (pweb′lō)

city in SC Colo., on the Arkansas River: pop. 102,000

Etymology: see pueblo

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