Taos
English
Etymology
From Spanish Taos (“Taos”), from Taos tə̂o (“village”), as in tə̂otho (“in the village”) or tə̂obo (“to the village”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taʊs/[1]
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aʊs
Adjective
Taos (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Taos people or language.
Derived terms
- Taos County
- Taos Mountains
- Taos Pueblo
Noun
Taos pl (plural only)
- An indigenous, Tiwa-speaking Pueblo people of northern New Mexico.
Translations
ethnic group
Proper noun
Taos
- The pueblo which they inhabit, which, being about one thousand years old, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the United States.
- The Kiowa-Tanoan lect they speak, which is either closely related to or a dialect of northern Tiwa.
- A town, the county seat of Taos County, New Mexico, south of Taos Pueblo.
- A city and town in Missouri.
Translations
pueblo
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See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Taos terms
References
- ^ “Taos”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Taos, twf