PECOS Dictionary entry overview: What does Pecos mean?
• PECOS (noun)
The noun PECOS has 1 sense:
1. a tributary of the Rio Grande that flows southeastward from New Mexico through western Texas
Familiarity information: PECOS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
The origin of the word pecos is debated. It may come from: the word pecas-freckles, pecoso-freckled, pecar-to sin. Whatever the original derivation, the river was named for the Pecos Pueblo indians.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This literally meant to throw into the Pecos river. Cowboys used it to mean to kill by drowning.
Son unos pecos para la guitarra
There is a "Pecos Pest" that has an Uncle Pecos character .
The address of the West Of The Pecos Museum Inc is: Po Box 1784, Pecos, TX 79772-1784
No tome(n) Pecos
Pecos means crooked in camanche so they named it pecos river for crooked river........
The address of the Pecos National Historical Park is: Po Box 23, Pecos, NM 87552-8755
The Pecos River is named for the Pecos Pueblo which is situated on it's banks in Northern New Mexico. The Pecos Pueblo was historically one of the most poplated of the pueblos.
Pecos, Texas, is in area code 432. Pecos, New Mexico, is in area code 505.
Pecos River and Texas
Pecos gambusia was created in 1853.