pueblo

What it means

1. A community in Spain or Spanish America, especially one of Pueblo Indians living in a stone or adobe multi-storey building.First known use 19th c.

   The Spaniards took over whole pueblos, and the indians^([sic]) were taxed, enslaved, and tortured.

   1979, Kax Wilson, A History of Textiles, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 290

   1 more example

   ‘And their flats and houses?’ Jane pointed to a custer of executive villas in the pueblo style.

   2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 17

In a sentence

The Spaniards took over whole pueblos, and the indians^([sic]) were taxed, enslaved, and tortured.

1979, Kax Wilson, A History of Textiles, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 290

Where it comes from

1. Latinpopulus
2. Spanishpueblo
3. Englishpueblo

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

First known use: 19th c.