pueblo

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun 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)
  2. noun a city in Colorado to the south of Colorado Springs
  3. noun a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States

Etymology

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

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