variants
or less commonly Zuñi
1
plural Zuni or Zunis also Zuñi or Zuñis
: a member of an Indigenous people of western New Mexico
2
: the language of the Zuni people
Examples of Zuni in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
There’s the one in Gallup, N.M., perpetually packed with buses from the nearby Navajo and Zuni nations.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Established in the final month of the Obama administration, the monument carved out 1.3 million acres from BLM and Forest Service land with an abundance of cliff dwellings and cultural sites important to the Hopi Nation, Ute Indian Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Navajo Nation, and Zuni Pueblo.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 3 Oct. 2024
Glasses, an avid turquoise and silver collector, curated a selection of jewelry from several artisan families throughout Navajo Nation, Hopi Pueblo, San Felipe Pueblo and Zuni Pueblo, which are seen in the campaign and available to purchase at select stores and online.
—Booth Moore, WWD, 16 Aug. 2024
Denver has fewer than 90 days to decide whether to buy the old Zuni Street steam plant from Xcel, a derelict site some locals want to see redeveloped into a community space.
—Axios Denver, Axios, 30 July 2024
Booth has also successfully pushed for improvements on Neptune Road, Boggy Creek Road and Zuni Road.
—Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2024
In Arizona and New Mexico, mesas are what the Zuni and Hopi and other tribes built pueblos on.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Hopi, Navajo, Zuni and various Puebloan peoples have longstanding connections to the land as a vital part of their heritage and spiritual practices.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
In addition, the DAM has repatriated, completely apart from NAGPRA and on a voluntary basis, 18 art works, including the return of a war god to the Pueblo of Zuni in 1979, even prior to the enactment of NAGPRA, and art works to the Blackfeet Nation in 1995.
—W. Richard West, The Denver Post, 14 June 2024
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Established in the final month of the Obama administration, the monument carved out 1.3 million acres from BLM and Forest Service land with an abundance of cliff dwellings and cultural sites important to the Hopi Nation, Ute Indian Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Navajo Nation, and Zuni Pueblo.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 3 Oct. 2024
Glasses, an avid turquoise and silver collector, curated a selection of jewelry from several artisan families throughout Navajo Nation, Hopi Pueblo, San Felipe Pueblo and Zuni Pueblo, which are seen in the campaign and available to purchase at select stores and online.
—Booth Moore, WWD, 16 Aug. 2024
Denver has fewer than 90 days to decide whether to buy the old Zuni Street steam plant from Xcel, a derelict site some locals want to see redeveloped into a community space.
—Axios Denver, Axios, 30 July 2024
Booth has also successfully pushed for improvements on Neptune Road, Boggy Creek Road and Zuni Road.
—Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2024
In Arizona and New Mexico, mesas are what the Zuni and Hopi and other tribes built pueblos on.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Hopi, Navajo, Zuni and various Puebloan peoples have longstanding connections to the land as a vital part of their heritage and spiritual practices.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
In addition, the DAM has repatriated, completely apart from NAGPRA and on a voluntary basis, 18 art works, including the return of a war god to the Pueblo of Zuni in 1979, even prior to the enactment of NAGPRA, and art works to the Blackfeet Nation in 1995.
—W. Richard West, The Denver Post, 14 June 2024
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“Zuni.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Zuni. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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