picuris means A historic Pueblo inhabited by the Picuris people located in Taos County, New Mexico. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 67 out of 100.
picuris is pronounced /pɪ.kəˈɹis/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Picurís, possibly from Eastern Keres Pikuli
name
- A historic Pueblo inhabited by the Picuris people located in Taos County, New Mexico.
- A variety of Northern Tiwa spoken by these people.
- The Picuris Mountains, a mountain range in northern New Mexico, considered to be a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
noun
- A Northern Tiwa-speaking people and tribe located in northern New Mexico.