Meanings
pueblo1
plural pueblos
- 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 2901 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
Pueblo2
plural Pueblos
- countableuncountableOf or pertaining to the Pueblo Indians.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Ohio Township, Spencer County, Indiana, United States.
- countableuncountableA surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna 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)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Greek χωριό Ερυθρόδερμων
- χωριό Ερυθρόδερμων (chorió Erythródermon)community of Pueblo Indians
Cite this entry
pueblo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pueblo
“pueblo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pueblo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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