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    PUEBLO

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United Statesplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Hypernyms ("pueblo" is a kind of...):

    hamlet; village (a settlement smaller than a town)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A city in Colorado to the south of Colorado Springsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

    Holonyms ("Pueblo" is a part of...):

    Centennial State; CO; Colo.; Colorado (a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    A 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)play

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("Pueblo" is a kind of...):

    Amerindian; Native American (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Pueblo"):

    Hopi (a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona)

    Taos (a member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico)

    Zuni (a member of the Pueblo people living in western New Mexico)

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