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Picuris

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /pɪ.kəˈɹis/
  • General-American: /pɪ.kɚˈis/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /pɪ.kəˈɹiːs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːs

1

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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name

Meaning 2

A variety of Northern Tiwa spoken by these people.

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Broader terms: Tanoan, Tiwa

3

name

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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4

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