cíbolo

Spanish

Etymology

From Cíbola, itself from Zuni Shiwina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθibolo/ [ˈθi.β̞o.lo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsibolo/ [ˈsi.β̞o.lo]
• Rhymes: -ibolo
• Syllabification: cí‧bo‧lo

Noun

cíbolo m (plural cíbolos)

1. (New Mexico) buffalo (North American bison)

   Synonyms: bisonte americano, búfalo

References

• Romero, Simon, Rios, Desiree (2023 April 9) “New Mexico Is Losing a Form of Spanish Spoken Nowhere Else on Earth”, in The New York Times‎^[1], retrieved April 9, 2023
• Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎^[2], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN

Further reading

• “cíbolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• "cíbolo", Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española (TDHLE) [3]