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Taos.

Of or pertaining to the Taos people or language.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/taʊs/
  1. Of or pertaining to the Taos people or language.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Spanish Taos (“Taos”), from Taos tə̂o (“village”), as in tə̂otho (“in the village”) or tə̂obo (“to the village”).

noun/taʊs/
  1. An indigenous, Tiwa-speaking Pueblo people of northern New Mexico.

    plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

From Spanish Taos (“Taos”), from Taos tə̂o (“village”), as in tə̂otho (“in the village”) or tə̂obo (“to the village”).

name/taʊs/
  1. The pueblo which they inhabit, which, being about one thousand years old, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the United States.

  2. The Kiowa-Tanoan lect they speak, which is either closely related to or a dialect of northern Tiwa.

  3. A town, the county seat of Taos County, New Mexico, south of Taos Pueblo.

  4. A city and town in Missouri.

Where this word comes from

From Spanish Taos (“Taos”), from Taos tə̂o (“village”), as in tə̂otho (“in the village”) or tə̂obo (“to the village”).

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