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taos¹

noun

  1. plural plural of tao

Taos²

  • /taʊs/

Rhymes with -aʊs

Where it comes from

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

adjective

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

noun

  1. plural, plural only An indigenous, Tiwa-speaking Pueblo people of northern New Mexico.

proper noun

  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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Every language

noun ethnic group

中文叩頭 /叩头 kòutóu, 陶斯 Táosī
KiswahiliWataosi

name pueblo

EspañolTaos, San Gerónimo de los Taos, San Miguel, Brada, Valladolid, Tayberon
中文叩頭 /叩头 kòutóu, 陶斯 Táosī

name town

中文叩頭 /叩头 kòutóu, 陶斯 Táosī

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"taos." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/taos. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

taos. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/taos

Chicago

"taos." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/taos.

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@misc{taos_2026,
  title = {taos},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/taos},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}