Zuni

Also Zu·ñi

[zoo-nee]

noun

plural

Zunis ,

plural

Zuni .

1. a member of a group of North American Indians inhabiting the largest of the Indian pueblos, in western New Mexico.

2. the language of the Zuni.

Zuñi

/ ˈsuː-, ˈzuːnjiː /

noun

1. a member of a North American Indian people of W New Mexico

2. the language of this people, a member of the Penutian phylum of languages

Other Word Forms

• Zunian adjective
• Zuñian adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Zuni¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1830–35; earlier Zuñi, from Spanish (southwestern United States), from Acoma Keresan sɨ̂·ni (pronounced sθɨ̂·nyi ) or a cognate