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pueblo

name · noun · 8 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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  • UK: /ˈpwɛ.bləʊ/
  • US: /ˈpwɛ.bloʊ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P W EH1 B L OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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name

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the Pueblo Indians.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 2

A city, the county seat of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 3

An unincorporated community in Ohio Township, Spencer County, Indiana, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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name

Meaning 4

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 5

A community in Spain or Spanish America, especially one of Pueblo Indians living in a stone or adobe multi-storey building.

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noun

Meaning 6

a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: village, hamlet

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noun

Meaning 7

a city in Colorado to the south of Colorado Springs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center

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noun

Meaning 8

a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Indian, American Indian, Red Indian

Narrower terms: Hopi, Taos, Zuni

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pueblo, from Latin populus. Doublet of people.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Greek: χωριό Ερυθρόδερμων (chorió Erythródermon) — community of Pueblo Indians
  • Tewa: ówîngeh — community of Pueblo Indians
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