English Explanatory Dictionary

Tesuque

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the Tesuque people.
noun
  1. A federally recognized tribe of Tewa-speaking Pueblo people in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
name
  1. The pueblo inhabited by these people, one of the Rio Grande Pueblos.
  2. A census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States.

Pronunciation

/təˈsuː.ki/

Word forms

Tesuque

Etymology

From Spanish Tesuque, from Tewa Tetsʼúgéh (“narrow place of the cottonwood trees”).

Related words

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