A pueblo is a village, especially in the southwestern United States.
[US]
There are several dozen Indian pueblos near Santa Fe.
pueblo in British English
(ˈpwɛbləʊ, Spanish ˈpweβlo)
nounWord forms: plural-los (-ləʊz, Spanish -los)
1.
a communal village, built by certain indigenous peoples 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
Word origin
C19: from Spanish: people, from Latin populus
Pueblo in British English1
(ˈpwɛbləʊ)
nounWord forms: plural-lo or -los
a member of any of the Native American peoples who live in pueblos, including the Tanoans, Zuñi, and Hopi
Pueblo in British English2
(ˈpwɛbləʊ)
noun
a city in Colorado: a centre of the steel industry. Pop: 103 648 (2003 est)
Pueblo in American English
(ˈpwɛbloʊ)
city in SC Colo., on the Arkansas River: pop. 102,000
a communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain indigenous peoples of the southwestern U.S.: 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. (cap)
a member of a group of Native American peoples living in pueblo villages in New Mexico and Arizona since prehistoric times
3.
a Native American village
4. (in Spanish America)
a town or village
5. (in the Philippines)
a town or a township
Word origin
[1800–10, Amer.; ‹ AmerSp; Sp: town, people ‹ L populuspeople]
Examples of 'pueblo' in a sentence
pueblo
Veuve Cliquot,' I said out loud, straight in from the pueblo.