Taos Definition

tous, täōs
noun
A member of a Pueblo people located north-northeast of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
American Heritage
The Kiowa-Tanoan language of the Taos people.
American Heritage
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pronoun
The pueblo of the Taos Indians in New Mexico.
Wiktionary
The Taos people, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.
Wiktionary
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Origin of Taos

  • From Taos tə̂o (“village") [as in tə̂otho (“in the village") or tə̂obo (“to the village")] via Spanish Taos (“Taos")

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Taos Sentence Examples

  • Workmen wore a close-fitting felt cap (Taos).

  • Still it remains true that the exclusive use of the argument from Mosaism, as itself implying the Gospel of Jesus the Christ as final cause (Taos), does favour the view that the readers were of Jewish origin.

  • In 1854 he became Indian agent at Taos, New Mexico, in which position, through his knowledge of the Indian traits and language, he was able to exercise for many years a restraining influence over the warlike Apaches and other tribes.

  • Commerce was tributary in these years to the (New) Mexican town of Taos.

  • Iron ores are widely distributed, but have not been developed; graphite is mined in Colfax county; mica in Taos county, and to a small extent in Rio Arriba county; marble is quarried in Otero county and sandstone in Bernalillo, Colfax and San Miguel counties.

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Words Starting With

TTATAO

Words Ending With

SOSAOS

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Taos

Words Starting With T and Ending With S

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With T4 Letter Words Ending With S
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