Standard Lemma guide

Zuni

adj · 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈzuː.ni/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈzuː.nji/
  • General-American: /ˈzu.ni/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːni
  • CMU ARPABET: Z UW1 N IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the Zuni people or their traditional language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The language traditionally spoken by members of this tribe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of a Native American Pueblo people, native to the Zuni River valley.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a member of the Pueblo people living in western New Mexico

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Pueblo

History

Etymology

From earlier Zuñi, from American Spanish, from Acoma Western Keres sɨ̂‧ni or a cognate thereof.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Spanish: zuñi — Of the Zuni people or their language
  • Zuni: shiwi'ma — Of the Zuni people or their language
  • Cherokee: ᏑᏂ (suni) — language
  • Japanese: ズニ語 (zuni-go) — language
  • Navajo: Naashtʼézhí bizaad — language
  • Russian: зу́ни (zúni) — language
  • Spanish: zuñi — language
  • Zuni: Shiwi’ma — language
  • Zuni: shiwi — A member of the Zuni tribe
  • Navajo: Naashtʼézhí — Native American tribe (plural)
  • Romanian: zuni — Native American tribe (plural)
  • Russian: зу́ни (zúni) — Native American tribe (plural)
  • Spanish: zuñi — Native American tribe (plural)
  • Zuni: A:shiwi — Native American tribe (plural)