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A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes of Arizona and New Mexico. It is often of large size and several stories high, and is usually built either of stone or adobe. The term is also applied to any Indian…

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  1. n. A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes of Arizona and New Mexico. It is often of large size and several stories high, and is usually built either of stone or adobe. The term is also applied to any Indian village in the same region.
  2. n. a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples calledPueblos’ by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock)
  3. n. a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States
  4. A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes of Arizona and New Mexico. It is often of large size and several stories high, and is usually built either of stone or adobe. The term is also applied to any Indian village in the same region. Pueblo Indians (Ethnol.), any tribe or community of Indians living in pueblos. The principal Pueblo tribes are the Moqui, the Zuñi, the Keran, and the Tewan.
  5. A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes ofArizona and New Mexico. It is often of large size and several storieshigh, and is usually built either of stone or adobe. The term is alsoapplied to any Indian village in the same region. Pueblo Indians(Ethnol.), any tribe or community of Indians living in pueblos. Theprincipal Pueblo tribes are the Moqui, the Zuñi, the Keran, and theTewan.
  6. n:100 n. 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) n. a city in Colorado to the south of Colorado Springs n. a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States