Picuris
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish Picurís, possibly from Eastern Keres Pikuli[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /pɪ.kəˈɹis/, /pɪ.kɚˈis/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɪ.kəˈɹiːs/
- Rhymes: -iːs
- Hyphenation: Pi‧cu‧ris, Pi‧cur‧is
Proper noun
[edit]Picuris
- A Northern Tiwa-speaking Pueblo people and tribe located in northern New Mexico.
- A variety of Northern Tiwa spoken by these people.
- The Picuris Mountains, a mountain range in northern New Mexico, considered to be a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
References
[edit]- ^ Michael A. Adler, Herbert W. Dick (1999) chapter I, in Picuris Pueblo through Time: Eight Centuries of Change in a Northern Rio Grande Pueblo, Dallas, T.X.: William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, →OCLC, page 1, →ISBN
- ^ Luistxo Fernandez (1998 November 1) “New Mexico Pueblos”, in GeoNative[1]
Further reading
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Picuris Mountains on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Picuris language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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