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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
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Adjacent to Santa Fe Village on the Plaza side, be sure to stop in at Keshi gallery to admire the authentic Zuni fetishes.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The Apache believe the land is blessed by their creator and home to spiritual guardians akin to angels, and researchers have found the site is archaeologically significant not just to the Apache but to Hopi, O’odham, Yavapai and Zuni tribes.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Strange’s original location at 1330 Zuni St. in Denver’s Sun Valley has a sizable patio behind it, and the new location will essentially be all patio.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 23 May 2025
New York’s luxury edition of California classics like Chez Panisse and Zuni Café, Craft was a major source of the 21st century’s rush of restaurants with farm-to-table menus, moody lighting and Chilewich place mats.
—New York Times, 7 May 2025
Back in the Zuni Mountains, Bill Siebersma has worked with the Cibola National Forest for the better part of the last two decades building and expanding mountain bike trails which have helped draw tourists to the isolated region.
—Kirk Siegler, NPR, 17 Apr. 2025
Pueblo of Zuni sits 150 miles west of Albuquerque in the Zuni River valley bordering Arizona.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
In 2016, President Obama established Bear Ears National Monument to protect a cultural landscape sacred to numerous Native peoples: the Utes, the Navajo Nation, the Hopi, and the Zuni.
—May Wang, JSTOR Daily, 6 Mar. 2025
Xcel Energy's defunct Zuni power plant is for sale after the city failed to agree to buy the property and convert it into a neighborhood hub.
—Axios Denver, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The Apache believe the land is blessed by their creator and home to spiritual guardians akin to angels, and researchers have found the site is archaeologically significant not just to the Apache but to Hopi, O’odham, Yavapai and Zuni tribes.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
Strange’s original location at 1330 Zuni St. in Denver’s Sun Valley has a sizable patio behind it, and the new location will essentially be all patio.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 23 May 2025
New York’s luxury edition of California classics like Chez Panisse and Zuni Café, Craft was a major source of the 21st century’s rush of restaurants with farm-to-table menus, moody lighting and Chilewich place mats.
—New York Times, 7 May 2025
Back in the Zuni Mountains, Bill Siebersma has worked with the Cibola National Forest for the better part of the last two decades building and expanding mountain bike trails which have helped draw tourists to the isolated region.
—Kirk Siegler, NPR, 17 Apr. 2025
Pueblo of Zuni sits 150 miles west of Albuquerque in the Zuni River valley bordering Arizona.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
In 2016, President Obama established Bear Ears National Monument to protect a cultural landscape sacred to numerous Native peoples: the Utes, the Navajo Nation, the Hopi, and the Zuni.
—May Wang, JSTOR Daily, 6 Mar. 2025
Xcel Energy's defunct Zuni power plant is for sale after the city failed to agree to buy the property and convert it into a neighborhood hub.
—Axios Denver, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Zuni.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Zuni. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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