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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Picuris en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /pɪ.kɚˈis/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /pɪ.kəˈɹiːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /pɪ.kəˈɹis/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Picurís, possibly from Eastern Keres Pikuli

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) A Northern Tiwa-speaking people and tribe located in northern New Mexico.

Picuris en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /pɪ.kɚˈis/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /pɪ.kəˈɹiːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /pɪ.kəˈɹis/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Picurís, possibly from Eastern Keres Pikuli

Meanings

  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

Coordinates

Taos

Hypernyms

Tiwa · Tanoan

Relateds

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