PUEBLO


Meaning of PUEBLO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpwe-(ˌ)blō; pü-ˈe-, pyü- ]

noun

( 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 United States

2. capitalized : a member of a group of American Indian peoples of the southwestern United States

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.