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pueblo

1

[ pweb-loh; Spanish pwe-blaw ]

noun

plural pueblos
  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

/ ˈpweβlo; ˈɛəʊ /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Pueblo

2

/ ˈɛəʊ /

noun

  1. a member of any of the North American Indian peoples who live in pueblos, including the Tanoans, Zuñi, and Hopi
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Pueblo

3

/ ˈɛəʊ /

noun

  1. a city in Colorado: a centre of the steel industry. Pop: 103 648 (2003 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

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yvlog 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 )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of pueblo1

C19: from Spanish: people, from Latin populus
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Each $20 bundle comes with eight sticker designs, including a pair of muscular arms flexed into the shape of “L.A.” and a green parrot graphic with the phrase “Solo el pueblo / Salva al pueblo.”

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“We are so proud that he came from our pueblo.”

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A leftist populist, López Obrador cared little about what political experts, business leaders or foreign diplomats thought about him, insisting that his power came from the pueblo, or the Mexican people.

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Those heading to the colonial city of Mérida are left 10 miles away in a pueblo called Teya.

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There are no Republican contenders in the district stretching from Isleta Pueblo near Albuquerque to the Arizona state line, traversing Acoma and Laguna pueblos.

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