Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Pueblo people located north-northeast of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- noun The Kiowa-Tanoan language of the Taos people.
- A town of northern New Mexico north-northeast of Santa Fe in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. It developed as an art colony after 1898 and has attracted many artists and writers, including Ansel Adams and D.H. Lawrence.
- A pueblo of northern New Mexico northeast of the town of Taos.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The Taos people, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.
- proper noun The Taos language (Northern Tiwa) of the Kiowa-Tanoan language family.
- proper noun The pueblo of the Taos Indians in New Mexico.
- proper noun The town of Taos (near Taos Pueblo, New Mexico)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico
- noun an artist colony in northern New Mexico
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Examples
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I know there's you guys, and the one in Taos is a really interesting place too.
Mike Ragogna: Lighting Up and Lifting Off The Ground : Conversations With Shawn Mullins and Chely Wright Mike Ragogna 2010
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DW: Well, there's definitely one in Taos that we've been hearing about for quite a long time, but I just feel like this is going to take off.
Mike Ragogna: A Tiger Suit, Junip & Great Companions: Conversations with KT Tunstall, Dar Williams, and José González, plus a KT Video Exclusive Mike Ragogna 2010
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Stephanie of the QuickFire troupe in Taos, New Mexico, spins up a double fire hoop inferno.
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Stephanie of the QuickFire troupe in Taos, New Mexico, spins up a double fire hoop inferno.
Hooping.org | Blog 2009
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This two-week workshop (in Taos, New Mexico in June), taught by
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She calls on Saturday mornings when her friend is home in Taos, New Mexico, where it's an hour earlier than in Santa Lucía.
Watching Pablo Sleep 2008
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Michael is a non-traditional architect who has been making houses out of non-traditional materials with his rag tag team of workers for the past 30 years in Taos New Mexico.
Archive 2008-04-01 Code Monkey 2008
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She calls on Saturday mornings when her friend is home in Taos, New Mexico, where it's an hour earlier than in Santa Lucía.
Watching Pablo Sleep 2008
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Michael is a non-traditional architect who has been making houses out of non-traditional materials with his rag tag team of workers for the past 30 years in Taos New Mexico.
Thoughts: Garbage Warrior....Sustainable Housing Code Monkey 2008
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Our DSL has gone down here in Taos, and at about the same time my mailbox filled up.
Connectivity issues 2008
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