pueblo
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pueb·lo /ˈpwebləʊ $ -loʊ/ noun (plural pueblos) [countable] SGTOWNa small town, especially in the southwest U.S. 〔尤指美国西南部的〕小城镇
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pueblo• Those alterations included enlarged pueblos replete with central plazas and square kivas.• Residents discovered the beautiful black pottery made by Maria Martinez at the nearby San Ildefonso pueblo.• How did the lives of prehistoric Southwestern people change when they moved from small communities into large pueblo villages?• After all, the endurance in the pueblos counted more than the new government, the new champions, the new reforms.• The persistence of the pueblo as a social and economic unit depended on bad roads and bad political education.• We start off back to the pueblo.• I stop too; climb the natural embankment and look over the homeward stretch down to the pueblo.• When I climb back up to the pueblo there's a meeting in progress.nPueblo noun n1. the Pueblo [P] a group of Native American tribes from the southwestern US, including the Hopi. They are known for their adobe (=dried earth and grass) buildingsn2. [countable] a member of one of these tribes → see Cultural Note at native american —Pueblo adjectiveOrigin pueblo (1800-1900) Spanish “people, village”, from Latin populuspueb·lo nounPueblo nounLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
in Corpus small U.S. town, a the especially southwest
Pueblo
Pueblo
noun
1. the Pueblo [P] a group of Native American tribes from the southwestern US, including the Hopi. They are known for their adobe (=dried earth and grass) buildings
2. [countable] a member of one of these tribes
—Pueblo adjective
Pueblo
noun1. the Pueblo [P] a group of Native American tribes from the southwestern US, including the Hopi. They are known for their adobe (=dried earth and grass) buildings
2. [countable] a member of one of these tribes
—Pueblo adjective
pueblo
pueb‧lo /ˈpwebləʊ $ -loʊ/ noun (plural pueblos) [countable]
pueb‧lo /ˈpwebləʊ $ -loʊ/
noun (plural pueblos) [countable] Date: 1800-1900
Language: Spanish
Origin: 'people, village', from Latin populus
a small town, especially in the southwest U.S.
Language: Spanish
Origin: 'people, village', from Latin populus