English Explanatory Dictionary

Zuni

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the Zuni people or their traditional language.
noun
  1. A member of a Native American Pueblo people, native to the Zuni River valley.
name
  1. The language traditionally spoken by members of this tribe.

Word forms

Zuni Zuñi Zunis

Etymology

From earlier Zuñi, from American Spanish, from Acoma Western Keres sɨ̂‧ni or a cognate thereof.

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Zuni terms zun ⁠

Derived words

Zuni bluehead sucker Zuni bowl Zuni Pueblo Zuni River Zuni Salt Lake
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