n.
Pronunciation: ' pwe-( ˌ )bl ō ; pü- ' e-, pyü-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -los
Etymology: Spanish, village, literally, people, from Latin populus
Date: 1808
1 a : the communal dwelling of an American Indian village of Arizona, New Mexico, and adjacent areas consisting of contiguous flat-roofed stone or adobe houses in groups sometimes several stories high b : an American Indian village of the southwestern U.S.
2 capitalized : a member of a group of American Indian peoples of the southwestern U.S.