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DictionarypuebloCommunal settlement
noun

pueblo

PWEB-loh/ˈpwebləʊ/

A village or town, especially a communal settlement.

Wooden ladders connect the pueblo's adobe terraces.

A compact historically plausible Pueblo communal adobe dwelling: connected reddish-brown mud-plastered rooms in a stepped-back multi-storey block, flat roofs with projecting timber vigas and two plain wooden ladders linking terraces; small dark openings, no decorative fantasy motifs, modern signage or people.
Etymology
puebloLatinpeople, community

Latin populus names a community of people; the Spanish sense “village” shifts attention to where they live. English applies the word especially to Native American communal villages and their dwellings.

In context

WTTW1:06
They say the pueblo was designed for protection. - Protection from your enemies. - [Host] You see, there weren't originally doors at the ground level.
These Green, Sustainable Houses Are More Than 600 Years Old

More examples

  • A ladder linked two levels of the pueblo.
  • The tour followed the pueblo's visitor rules.
  • The old pueblo stood above the river valley.

Forms

pueblo · pueblos

Similar words

village
Village is general; pueblo refers to particular Southwestern Indigenous communities or their dwellings.
adobe
Adobe is a building material; a pueblo is a settlement or dwelling that may use it.