Tesuque

English

Etymology

From Spanish Tesuque, from Tewa Teˀtsʼúgéh (“narrow place of the cottonwood trees”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈsuː.ki/

• Rhymes: -uːki
• Hyphenation: Te‧su‧que

Adjective

Tesuque (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Tesuque people.

Noun

Tesuque (plural Tesuque or Tesuques)

1. A federally recognized tribe of Tewa-speaking Pueblo people in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
2. A member of this tribe.
   • 1980, John L. Kessell, The Missions of New Mexico Since 1776‎^[2]:

     In 1695, Fray José Díez, on loan to New Mexico from the Franciscan missionary college at Querétaro, superintended construction of Tesuque's first post-Revolt church. It survived the renewed uprising of 1696 because the majority of Tesuques, for their own good reasons, remained loyal to Diego de Vargas. Classed as small in 1706 and served by the missionary at Nambé, this church had deteriorated badly by 1745 when Fray Francisco de la Concepción González, a luckless Spaniard from Santander, had to rebuild it. The project did not go well.

Proper noun

Tesuque

1. The pueblo inhabited by these people, one of the Rio Grande Pueblos.

   Coordinate terms: Nambé, Ohkay Owingeh, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara

2. A census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States.

See also

• (federally recognized Pueblo tribes in New Mexico): Acoma, Cochiti, Isleta, Jemez, Laguna, Nambé, Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan), Picuris, Pojoaque, Sandia, San Felipe, San Ildefonso, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, Santo Domingo (Kewa), Taos, Tesuque, Zia, Zuni
• Pueblo
• Puebloan