Mimbreño

noun

Mim·​bre·​ño

mēmˈbrān(ˌ)yō

plural Mimbreño or Mimbreños

1

: an American Indian people constituting a subdivision of the Gileño

2

: a member of the Mimbreño people

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish, from Mimbres mountains, southwestern New Mexico + Spanish -eño (suffix added to place names to form names of inhabitants)

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