Dictionary
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
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(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
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A historic Pueblo inhabited by the Picuris people located in Taos County, New Mexico.
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A variety of Northern Tiwa spoken by these people.
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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