a member of a group of North American Indians inhabiting the largest of the Indian pueblos, in western New Mexico.
the language of the Zuni.
a member of a North American Indian people of W New Mexico
the language of this people, a member of the Penutian phylum of languages
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
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Denied entrance by the Zuni inhabitants, the starving Spaniards decided to attack.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
He joined a team digging for dinosaur fossils in the Zuni Basin in New Mexico.
From NewsForKids.net • Jun. 3, 2024
Zuni farmers in the southwestern United States made it through long stretches of extremely low rainfall between A.D.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2024
Sanchez offered an example to explain how the “West” has a different concept of ecology than the Zuni.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2024
The Oklahoma boys did some of their dancing, too, and the Zuni guy sang a kind of honoring song for everyone.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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