pueblo

¹

[pweb-loh, pwe-blaw]

noun

plural

pueblos 

1. a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern United States: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder.

2. (initial capital letter),  a member of a group of Indian peoples living in pueblo villages in New Mexico and Arizona since prehistoric times.

3. an Indian village.

4. (in Spanish America) a town or village.

5. (in the Philippines) a town or a township.

Pueblo

²

[pweb-loh]

noun

1. a city in central Colorado.

pueblo

¹

/ ˈpweβlo, ˈpwɛbləʊ /

noun

1. a communal village, built by certain Indians of the southwestern US and parts of Latin America, consisting of one or more flat-roofed stone or adobe houses

2. (in Spanish America) a village or town

3. (in the Philippines) a town or township

Pueblo

²

/ ˈpwɛbləʊ /

noun

1. a member of any of the North American Indian peoples who live in pueblos, including the Tanoans, Zuñi, and Hopi

Pueblo

³

/ ˈpwɛbləʊ /

noun

1. a city in Colorado: a centre of the steel industry. Pop: 103 648 (2003 est)

Other Word Forms

• prepueblo adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pueblo¹

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10; from Colonial Spanish; Spanish: “town,” from Latin populus “community, people, nation”; people ( def. )

Word History and Origins

Origin of pueblo¹

C19: from Spanish: people, from Latin populus

Example Sentences

I met my hosts at the restaurant’s entrance, made to look like a pueblo plaza complete with a huge water fountain, towering church steeple and a pink exterior better suited for a spoonful of Pepto-Bismol.

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Mexico has long been the top foreign travel destination for Americans, its beaches and pueblos luring tens of millions of U.S. visitors annually.

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Vicente said he believes the successful protest at the AC Hotel Pasadena is an example of a saying he likes to quote, “Pueblo salva el pueblo,” or “Only the people save the people.”

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The database has informed dozens of articles and books on early California and has allowed thousands of people to trace their own ancestry back to 18th century California pueblos, presidios and Native villages.

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Each $20 bundle comes with eight sticker designs, including a pair of muscular arms flexed into the shape of “L.A.” and a green parrot graphic with the phrase “Solo el pueblo / Salva al pueblo.”

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