pueblo

[pweb-loh; for 4, 5 also Spanish pwe-blaw]

noun, plural pueb·los [pweb-lohz; Spanish pwe-blaws] /ˈpwɛb loʊz; Spanish ˈpwɛ blɔs/.

a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S.: 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.

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

an Indian village.

(in Spanish America) a town or village.

(in the Philippines) a town or a township.

Origin of pueblo

1800–10, Americanism; < American Spanish; Spanish: town, people < Latin populus people

Related formspre·pueb·lo, adjective

Pueblo

[pweb-loh]

noun

a city in central Colorado.

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Examples from the Web for pueblo

Contemporary Examples of pueblo

The Pueblo Grande Museum and Archeological Park has a settlement history of its own.
The Ghost Towns of Arizona Live On
Justin Jones
July 10, 2014
Pueblo is the gateway to the southern Colorado community and the Southwest.
Red, White, and Muslim
Asma Gull Hasan
February 26, 2009
I grew up in a rural, mini-metropolis about 100 miles south of Denver: Pueblo, Colorado.
Red, White, and Muslim
Asma Gull Hasan
February 26, 2009
While her husband had stayed on in Chicago to practice radiology, my father had moved his family to Pueblo.
Red, White, and Muslim
Asma Gull Hasan
February 26, 2009

Historical Examples of pueblo

I didn't see him for some years, when he showed up in Pueblo, where I was workin' in a smelter.
The Vagrant Duke
George Gibbs
The governor got like this once in a one-horse Mexican pueblo on the uplands, away from everywhere.
Victory
Joseph Conrad
Once beyond rifle range of the pueblo his escape would be certain.
Bloom of Cactus
Robert Ames Bennet
He and his retinue lodged just outside the walls of the Pueblo of Hawaikuh.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921
Various
Xulkumcheel was a pueblo which does not seem to have survived.
The Maya Chronicles
Various

British Dictionary definitions for pueblo

pueblo

noun plural -los (-ləʊz, Spanish -los)

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

(in Spanish America) a village or town

(in the Philippines) a town or township

Word Origin for pueblo

C19: from Spanish: people, from Latin populus

Pueblo

noun plural -lo or -los

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

Pueblo

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for pueblo

"Indian village," 1808, from Spanish pueblo "village, small town; people, population," from Latin populum, accusative of populus "people" (see people (n.)).