Acoma

American  

[ak-uh-maw-, -muh, ah-kuh] / ˈæk əˌmɔ-, -mə, ˈɑ kə /

noun

1. a Pueblo Indian village near Albuquerque, New Mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the U.S.

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Example Sentences

To Kim Charlie, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Acoma, the debate over the footprints’ age doesn’t change the connection she feels with the people who made them.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 4, 2023

Claudia Mitchell, a potter from Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico, gathers clay on a mesa between two sandstone rock formations, hammer and pick at the ready.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2023

So Cejudo called it a day and decided to train fighters at Jackson’s MMA Acoma gym in Arizona.

From Washington Times • May 5, 2023

Trujillo is a tribal member of Sandia Pueblo on the outskirts of Albuquerque and has ties to Acoma and Taos pueblos.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2023

Then he would wait for someone from Acoma to drive by, someone who didn’t know about him.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko