name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/pɪ.kəˈɹis/
General-American:/pɪ.kɚˈis/
Received-Pronunciation:/pɪ.kəˈɹiːs/
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name
Meaning 1
A historic Pueblo inhabited by the Picuris people located in Taos County, New Mexico.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 2
A variety of Northern Tiwa spoken by these people.
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Broader terms: Tanoan, Tiwa
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Meaning 3
The Picuris Mountains, a mountain range in northern New Mexico, considered to be a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
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noun
Meaning 4
A Northern Tiwa-speaking people and tribe located in northern New Mexico.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Picurís, possibly from Eastern Keres Pikuli