English Explanatory Dictionary

Picuris

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Northern Tiwa-speaking people and tribe located in northern New Mexico.
name
  1. A historic Pueblo inhabited by the Picuris people located in Taos County, New Mexico.
  2. A variety of Northern Tiwa spoken by these people.
  3. The Picuris Mountains, a mountain range in northern New Mexico, considered to be a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Pronunciation

/pɪ.kəˈɹis/ /pɪ.kɚˈis/ /pɪ.kəˈɹiːs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Picuris.wav

Word forms

Picuris

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Picurís, possibly from Eastern Keres Pikuli

Related words

Acoma Cochiti Isleta Jemez Laguna Nambé Ohkay Owingeh Pojoaque Sandia San Felipe San Ildefonso Santa Ana Santa Clara Santo Domingo Taos Tesuque Zia Zuni Pueblo Puebloan
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