Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a group of Pueblo peoples of northern New Mexico.
- noun The group of Kiowa-Tanoan languages spoken by the Tewa.
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- proper noun a
Kiowa language of the Southwestern U.S. - proper noun a
Trans-New Guinea language ofIndonesia
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Examples
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Navaho was derived from the name the Tewa Pueblo Indians gave them, Apaches of Navahu, which means “enemies from the planted fields.”
Nightway Janet Dailey 1981
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Navaho was derived from the name the Tewa Pueblo Indians gave them, Apaches of Navahu, which means “enemies from the planted fields.”
Nightway Janet Dailey 1981
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Navaho was derived from the name the Tewa Pueblo Indians gave them, Apaches of Navahu, which means “enemies from the planted fields.”
Nightway Janet Dailey 1981
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Navaho was derived from the name the Tewa Pueblo Indians gave them, Apaches of Navahu, which means “enemies from the planted fields.”
Nightway Janet Dailey 1981
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Hano, or "Tewa" as it is sometimes called, has been built lately; that is, it cannot be more than
Canyons of the Colorado John Wesley Powell 1868
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Or maybe we should all learn this continent's original Tewa, Navajo or Cherokee?
Hotel owner under fire for telling Hispanics to change names 2009
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They also say that the tower defiles the hills around Chimayo, which are venerated by the Tewa people.
Errors of Enchantment » Can the Government tell us what to do with our property? 2008
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Last year I visited Tewa, a Women's Funding Network member fund in Nepal, on the 10th anniversary of their founding and heard a story that to me symbolizes the power women have to unite and overcome obstacles.
Christine Grumm: Q & A With Christine Grumm For World Poverty Day 2008
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The Tewa and Chimbu have already climbed to advanced tribal level and are an inaccurate point of comparison.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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Kuhl stumbles a bit when he uses the examples of radical heirarchies in Tewa and Chimbu societies as a contradiction of Border's thesis.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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