Taos
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Taos tə̂o (“village”), as in tə̂otho (“in the village”) or tə̂obo (“to the village”), via Spanish Taos (“Taos”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Taos pl (plural only)
- An indigenous, Tiwa-speaking people of New Mexico who inhabit a pueblo there.
Translations[edit]
ethnic group
Proper noun[edit]
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.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
pueblo
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Ethnologue entry for Taos, twf
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
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- en:Towns in New Mexico, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:County seats of New Mexico, USA
- en:Places in New Mexico, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in Missouri, USA
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- en:Towns in Missouri, USA
- en:Places in Missouri, USA
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