Message: "Taos" - Behind the Name

Taos

by Taos New Mexico (guest)

1/18/2011, 1:09 PM

origin of Town name

- bettie (guest) +1

1/18/2011, 1:11 PM

please find origin of Name of Taos New Mexico town

- Elle (Elle.W)

1/18/2011, 5:17 PM

Taos is named after the Taos language, a language of the Kiowa-Tanoan language family spoken by people within Taos Pueblo.

The town's name is derived from the Taos word tə̂o, meaning "village".

This message was edited 1/18/2011, 5:19 PM

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