taos

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4
Words With Friends
4
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/taʊs/

Definition of taos

7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of tao
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noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of tao
  2. (plural, plural-only)An indigenous, Tiwa-speaking Pueblo people of northern New Mexico.

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to the Taos people or language.

name

  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.

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Etymology

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

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