Pueblo
/ˈpwe.βlo/noun
A town or village, especially in Spanish-speaking regions of the Americas; also, a Native American community or settlement in the U.S. Southwest.
Did you know?In Spanish, pueblo can mean both “people” and “village,” preserving the old idea that a settlement is defined by the people who live there, not just the buildings.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pleh₂-
“to fill, to be full”
Latin
Latin
populus
“the people, the populace”
Late Latin
Latin
*populu
“the people”
Old Spanish
Spanish
pueblo
“the people; a town, village, or settlement”
Modern English
English
pueblo
“a Spanish-speaking town or village, especially in the American Southwest; also a Native American pueblo community”
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