Pecos
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Pecos, from a Keresan term for the Pecos Pueblo.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪ.koʊs/
- (Texas, vernacular) IPA(key): /ˈpeɪ.kəs/
Proper noun
Pecos or the Pecos
- (with the definite article) A river which flows through Texas and New Mexico, a tributary of the Rio Grande.
- (with the definite article) A geographic region of Texas, situated mostly west of the Pecos River.
- Synonyms: Trans-Pecos, Far West Texas
- A city, the county seat of Reeves County, Texas.
- A village in San Miguel County, New Mexico.
Derived terms
- Lower Pecos
- Pecos County
- Pecos Spring
- Trans-Pecos
- west of the Pecos