Zu·ni 1 (zo?o?n?) also Zu·ñi (-ny?)n. pl. Zuni or Zu·nis also Zuñi or Zu·ñis 1. A member of a Pueblo people located in western New Mexico.2. The language of the Zuni, of no known linguistic affiliation.Zu?ni, Zu?ñi adj.Zu·ni 2 (zo?o?n?) also Zu·ñi (-ny?) A pueblo of northwest New Mexico west of Albuquerque.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Zuñi (?zu?nji?; ?su?-) npl -ñis or -ñi1. (Peoples) a member of a North American Indian people of W New Mexico2. (Languages) the language of this people, a member of the Penutian phylum of languages ?Zuñian adj, nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Zu?ni (?zu ni) also Zu?ñi (?zu ni, ?zun yi) n., pl. -nis, (esp. collectively) -ni. 1. a member of a Pueblo Indian people of W New Mexico. 2. the language of the Zuni, not closely akin to any other American Indian language. [1830?35, Amer.; earlier Zuñi