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Picuris.

A Northern Tiwa-speaking people and tribe located in northern New Mexico.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

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noun/pɪ.kəˈɹis/General-American/pɪ.kɚˈis/General-American/pɪ.kəˈɹiːs/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A Northern Tiwa-speaking people and tribe located in northern New Mexico.

    plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Picurís, possibly from Eastern Keres Pikuli

name/pɪ.kəˈɹis/General-American/pɪ.kɚˈis/General-American/pɪ.kəˈɹiːs/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A historic Pueblo inhabited by the Picuris people located in Taos County, New Mexico.

  2. A variety of Northern Tiwa spoken by these people.

  3. The Picuris Mountains, a mountain range in northern New Mexico, considered to be a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Picurís, possibly from Eastern Keres Pikuli

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