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Definition of Zuni in English: Zuni(also Zuñi) nounPlural Zunisˈzuːniˈzo͞onē 1A member of a Pueblo Indian people of western New Mexico. 祖尼人（居住在美国新墨西哥州西部的普韦布洛印第安人） Example sentencesExamples - On the other hand, I should tell you that long after Cushing's time, the Zuni did restore their church, and I have seen it.
- She makes her living as an itinerant folksinger whose songs become her means of trying to claim an identity for herself as a Zuni.
- They like to be called what they are - Utes, Hopis, Zunis - and collectively, they answer to ‘first people’.
- A field test among the Zuni and Navaho in 1951 indicated it would be fruitful to conduct a larger scale project in all five communities.
- Kirk Bemis, the Zunis ' hydrologist, says that the appropriate studies on these other aquifers have yet to be done.
2mass noun The language of the Zuni, with about 3,000 speakers. 祖尼语（约有3, 000使用者） Example sentencesExamples - He curses at him in Zuñi and spits on the ground, as he has seen Popé do.
adjectiveˈzuːniˈzo͞onē Relating to the Zuni or their language. （与）祖尼人（有关）的；（与）祖尼语（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - She furthered Hopi and Zuni art in the Southwest, working in ceramics and silver.
- It seems he was given to going around in Zuni costume, but, his rivals complained, it was not strictly authentic.
- Logan had learned this tract was mistakenly omitted from the government's official demarcation of Zuni boundaries five years earlier.
- The practice is perhaps best known among the Zuñi Indians of Arizona, but is widely seen in other tribal groups as well.
- The moment you enter, you notice the quality of the pottery, basketry, rugs, and jewelry most crafted by the Zuni and Navajo peoples of the Colorado Plateau.
OriginFrom Spanish Zuñi, probably from Keresan. Definition of Zuni in US English: Zuni(also Zuñi) nounˈzo͞onē 1A member of a Pueblo Indian people of western New Mexico. 祖尼人（居住在美国新墨西哥州西部的普韦布洛印第安人） Example sentencesExamples - A field test among the Zuni and Navaho in 1951 indicated it would be fruitful to conduct a larger scale project in all five communities.
- Kirk Bemis, the Zunis ' hydrologist, says that the appropriate studies on these other aquifers have yet to be done.
- On the other hand, I should tell you that long after Cushing's time, the Zuni did restore their church, and I have seen it.
- She makes her living as an itinerant folksinger whose songs become her means of trying to claim an identity for herself as a Zuni.
- They like to be called what they are - Utes, Hopis, Zunis - and collectively, they answer to ‘first people’.
2The language of the Zuni, with about 3,000 speakers. 祖尼语（约有3, 000使用者） Example sentencesExamples - He curses at him in Zuñi and spits on the ground, as he has seen Popé do.
adjectiveˈzo͞onē Relating to the Zuni or their language. （与）祖尼人（有关）的；（与）祖尼语（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - Logan had learned this tract was mistakenly omitted from the government's official demarcation of Zuni boundaries five years earlier.
- The moment you enter, you notice the quality of the pottery, basketry, rugs, and jewelry most crafted by the Zuni and Navajo peoples of the Colorado Plateau.
- The practice is perhaps best known among the Zuñi Indians of Arizona, but is widely seen in other tribal groups as well.
- She furthered Hopi and Zuni art in the Southwest, working in ceramics and silver.
- It seems he was given to going around in Zuni costume, but, his rivals complained, it was not strictly authentic.
OriginFrom Spanish Zuñi, probably from Keresan. |