Acoma

American  

[ak-uh-maw-, -muh, ah-kuh] / ˈæk əˌmɔ-, -mə, ˈɑ kə /

noun

1. a Pueblo Indian village near Albuquerque, New Mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the U.S.

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Example Sentences

To Kim Charlie, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Acoma, the debate over the footprints’ age doesn’t change the connection she feels with the people who made them.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 4, 2023

Claudia Mitchell, a potter from Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico, gathers clay on a mesa between two sandstone rock formations, hammer and pick at the ready.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2023

So Cejudo called it a day and decided to train fighters at Jackson’s MMA Acoma gym in Arizona.

From Washington Times • May 5, 2023

The Acoma reservation, about 20 miles from Homestake’s tailings, has been continuously inhabited since before 1200.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2022

Tayo could see the outline of a car coming from Acoma; it had an umbrella of road dust above it.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko