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PUEBLO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("pueblo" is a kind of...):
hamlet; village (a settlement smaller than a town)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A city in Colorado to the south of Colorado Springs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Pueblo" is a part of...):
Centennial State; CO; Colo.; Colorado (a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains)
Sense 3
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pueblo" is a kind of...):
Amerindian; Native American (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Pueblo"):
Hopi (a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona)
Taos (a member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico)
Zuni (a member of the Pueblo people living in western New Mexico)
