Taos
[tous]
- a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- a member of an American Indian people occupying a pueblo in New Mexico.
- a town in N New Mexico: resort; art colony.
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Tao
[dou, tou]
- (in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- the rational basis of human activity or conduct.
- a universal, regarded as an ideal attained to a greater or lesser degree by those embodying it.
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Origin of Tao
< Chinese (Wade-Giles) Tao4, (pinyin) dào literally, way
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Contemporary Examples
They may live in New York, San Francisco, or Taos, N.M., but they band together to influence Joe Schmo in Oshkosh, Wis.
Dennis owned a beautiful church-like adobe building near the Taos Pueblo, where his brother lived.
He took me out to the famous cabin outside Taos where Lawrence had lived and worked with his wife, her friend, and a cow.
He had fled to Taos, New Mexico, to join his brother and artist friends Larry Bell and Ron Cooper, who photographed nudes.
Historical Examples
The Taos whisky had by this time produced its effect upon the dancers.
The Scalp HuntersMayne Reid
All appeared to have partaken freely of the fire-water of Taos.
The Wild HuntressMayne Reid
The altitude of Taos is 6983 feet; of Taos Peak, 13,145 feet.
Original Narratives of Early American HistoryVaca and Others
About forty miles distant from Taos Kit Carson had his ranch.
Scouting with Kit CarsonEverett T. Tomlinson
He has been to Taos and he has brought back with him two men.
The Trail of The BadgerSidford F. Hamp
Tao
- that in virtue of which all things happen or exist
- the rational basis of human conduct
- the course of life and its relation to eternal truth
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Word Origin
Chinese, literally: path, way
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Word Origin and History for taos
tao
n.
1736, from Chinese tao "way, path, right way (of life), reason."
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