Burqueño
demonym | part of encyclopedia/culture
Pronounced: \bur-kay-neo\ or \bood-kay-nyo\
IPA: /bʊ.ɾˈkɛˈnyɔ/
Plural: Burqueños or Burqueñas
Definition of Burqueño/Burqueña
Note: Burqueño and the feminine Burqueña, (for convenience, it is sometimes spelled with an n instead of an ñ, as Burqueno)
- a native of Albuquerque, and the Albuquerque Metropolitan Area, extended throughout Central New Mexico.
- the urban type New Mexican English; the dialect or accent typical of such a person.
- something made by the city of Albuquerque in the style and identity of the city and its denizens.
Also see: the Burqueña style.
Examples of Burqueño
View of Albuquerque
Poet Carlos Contreras
Origin of Burqueño
After the Pueblo Revolt, in 1706, La Villa de Alburquerque was founded as a trading and military post by the Spaniards for the Tiquex Puebloans, as a result of to ease tensions between the Spanish and the Pueblos. During the late 1800s, La Villa de Alburquerque became the City of Albuquerque, native denizens of the city often harkened back to the original name, standing for the union of Pueblo and Spanish, by simply referring to it as Burque. In the Spanish language, people that come from port cities are called Porteños or any major demographia; since Albuquerque was once a pseudo “inland port” for the Native Americans and Europeans, the portmanteau Burqueños began to gain use in the mid-to-late 20th century. The term has become synonymous with the said style and identity of the city and its denizens, with the word being incorporated into artwork, including everything from pottery to street-art, as a form of identifying oneself as being from New Mexico’s largest city.
Alternate names and spellings exist; Burqueno and Burquena.
First Known Use: 20th century (in New Mexico English).
