Picuris

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US/pɪ.kəˈɹis/US/pɪ.kɚˈis/UK/pɪ.kəˈɹiːs/

noun

A Northern Tiwa-speaking people and tribe located in northern New Mexico.

OriginSpanish Picurís ← Eastern Keres Pikuli →
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Meanings

nounPicuris pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA Northern Tiwa-speaking people and tribe located in northern New Mexico.
proper noun
  1. A historic Pueblo inhabited by the Picuris people located in Taos County, New Mexico.
  2. A variety of Northern Tiwa spoken by these people.
  3. The Picuris Mountains, a mountain range in northern New Mexico, considered to be a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Origin

  1. Eastern KeresPikuli
  2. SpanishPicurís
  3. EnglishPicuris

Borrowed from Spanish Picurís, possibly from Eastern Keres Pikuli

More words from Spanish, Eastern Keres

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Picuris

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Cite this entry
APA

Picuris. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Picuris

MLA

“Picuris.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Picuris. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Picuris,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Picuris.

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