pueblo

¹

[ pweb-loh; Spanish pwe-blaw ]

noun

, plural pueb·los [pweb, -lohz, pwe, -blaws].

1. a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern United States: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder.
2. (initial capital letter) a member of a group of Indian peoples living in pueblo villages in New Mexico and Arizona since prehistoric times.
3. an Indian village.
4. (in Spanish America) a town or village.
5. (in the Philippines) a town or a township.

Pueblo

²

[ pweb-loh ]

noun

1. a city in central Colorado.

Pueblo

¹

/ ˈpwɛbləʊ /

noun

1. a city in Colorado: a centre of the steel industry. Pop: 103 648 (2003 est)

Pueblo

²

/ ˈpwɛbləʊ /

noun

1. a member of any of the North American Indian peoples who live in pueblos, including the Tanoans, Zuñi, and Hopi

pueblo

³

/ ˈpweβlo; ˈpwɛbləʊ /

noun

1. a communal village, built by certain Indians of the southwestern US and parts of Latin America, consisting of one or more flat-roofed stone or adobe houses
2. (in Spanish America) a village or town
3. (in the Philippines) a town or township

Other Words From

• pre·pueb·lo adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pueblo¹

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10; from Colonial Spanish; Spanish: “town,” from Latin populus “community, people, nation”; people ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of pueblo¹

C19: from Spanish: people, from Latin populus

Example Sentences

In 1598, the Pueblo residents of Acoma, in modern New Mexico, rebelled against Spanish attempts to coerce them into becoming subjects of a distant monarch.

From Time

A common revival of the style called Santa Fe style, a mix of Pueblo architecture and Spanish colonial architecture, can be found in southwestern states like Arizona and New Mexico.

From Popular-Science

The All Pueblo Council of Governors also issued a statement lauding their fellow Pueblo member’s confirmation the Arizona Central reported.

From Washington Blade

Deb Haaland, a Pueblo woman, is the most fitting to serve this role.

From Outside Online

On a missing-person search mission four years ago in southern Colorado’s Mesa Verde National Forest, Nahla got the chance to show how talented she is when she sniffed out human remains in the park’s ancient pueblo dwellings.

From Washington Post

The Pueblo Grande Museum and Archeological Park has a settlement history of its own.

From The Daily Beast

He is a member of the Santa Ana Pueblo, one of the 22 tribes in New Mexico.

From The Daily Beast

Dennis owned a beautiful church-like adobe building near the Taos Pueblo, where his brother lived.

From The Daily Beast

Pueblo is the gateway to the southern Colorado community and the Southwest.

From The Daily Beast

I grew up in a rural, mini-metropolis about 100 miles south of Denver: Pueblo, Colorado.

From The Daily Beast

And so Coronado, thanks to one of his splendid inventions, was not invited up to the pueblo.

From Project Gutenberg

In the morning she had noticed, at the other end of the pueblo from her quarters, a large room which was frequented by men alone.

From Project Gutenberg

The man had come up to the pueblo on purpose to have a plain talk with the girl and learn exactly what she meant to do with him.

From Project Gutenberg

Curious eyes now turned toward the seeming mound on the summit, querying whether it might not be the remains of an antique pueblo.

From Project Gutenberg

Doña Jocasta regarded Tula doubtfully; she certainly gave no appearance of holding wealth to redeem a pueblo.

From Project Gutenberg