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taos

/taʊs/

taos is the plural of tao.

Meaning of tao

Noun

tao (usually uncountable, plural taos)

  1. (broadly, usually) The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.
    • the tao of sex... the tao of the heart... the tao of integuments...
    Synonyms:
    zen
  2. (historical, obsolete, usually) Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.
    Synonyms:
    circuit

See all 7 meanings of tao

Adjective capitalized: Taos

Taos (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Taos people or language.

Noun capitalized: Taos

Taos pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An indigenous, Tiwa-speaking Pueblo people of northern New Mexico.

Proper noun capitalized: Taos

Taos

  1. The pueblo which they inhabit, which, being about one thousand years old, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the United States.
  2. The Kiowa-Tanoan lect they speak, which is either closely related to or a dialect of northern Tiwa.
  3. A town, the county seat of Taos County, New Mexico, south of Taos Pueblo.
  4. A city and town in Missouri.

Origin of taos

From Spanish Taos (“Taos”), from Taos tə̂o (“village”), as in tə̂otho (“in the village”) or tə̂obo (“to the village”).

Words formed from taos

Words that rhyme with taos

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Questions about taos

What does taos mean?
Taos means of or pertaining to the Taos people or language.
What is taos the plural of?
Taos is the plural of tao.
What part of speech is taos?
Taos can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce taos?
Taos is pronounced /taʊs/.

Words near taos in the dictionary

  1. taonianone
  2. Taorem
  3. Taormina
  4. Taormino
  5. Taoroinai
  6. taos
  7. Taos County
  8. Taos Pueblo
  9. Taoseño
  10. Taoshan
  11. taosi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taos (page history and authors); Taos (page history and authors); tao (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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