Abiquiú, New Mexico

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Abiquiú ( , Spanish pronunciation: [aβiˈkju], Tewa: Phéshú Búuˀu pronounced [féʃú búːʔù]; Northern Tiwa: Gultɨdda) is a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, in northern New Mexico in the southwestern United States, about 53 miles (85 km) north of Santa Fe. As of 2010, the population was 231. Abiquiú's one school, an elementary school, is part of the Española Public Schools. Abiquiú is a Spanish adaptation of Tewa Phéshú Búuˀu, meaning "timber end town". In Tewa, it has been reinterpreted as deriving from Ávéh Shúu (pronounced [ɑ́vé ʃúː]), meaning "chokecherry point". Due to its settling by Tewa families returning from residency among the Hopi people, Abiquiú has also been called Khoesóˀon Ówîngeh (pronounced [xòːsóʔòŋ ʔówîŋɡè], "Hopi village"), Khoesóˀon being a nickname for the Hopi people used by the Tewa, literally meaning "big leggings". It is also called Santo Tomás de Abiquiú and the Pueblo of Santo Tomás de Abiquiú. In the mid-18th century, the Spanish crown provided land...

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