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Cibola most commonly refers to: Cevola (sometimes Sevola ) or Cibola , the Spanish transliteration of a native name for a pueblo ( Hawikuh Ruins ) conquered by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado One of the Seven Cities of Gold , the Spanish legend that Coronado tracked to Hawikuh
Romance author Kristin Hannah's The Enchantment (1992) is about a quest for the legendary lost city of Cibola in the late 1800s. Cibola Burn is the fourth book in the science fiction novel series The Expanse by James S. A. Corey. The novel describes the flood of humanity out into the galaxy and the race for the newly accessible resources therein.
Hawikuh (also spelled Hawikku, meaning "gum leaves" in Zuni [3]), was one of the largest of the Zuni pueblos at the time of the Spanish entrada. It was founded around 1400 AD. [3] It was the first pueblo to be visited and conquered by Spanish explorers. The Spanish chroniclers referred to it as Cevola, Tzibola, or Cibola.
The Cibola National Forest (pronounced SEE-bo-lah) is a 1,633,783 acre (6,611.7 km2) United States National Forest in New Mexico, US. The name Cibola is thought to be the original Zuni Indian name for their pueblos or tribal lands. The name was later interpreted by the Spanish to mean "buffalo". [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 February 2025. Spanish explorer of the American southwest Francisco Vázquez de Coronado Governor of New Galicia Monarch Charles I Personal details Born 1510 (1510) Salamanca, Crown of Castile Died 22 September 1554 (1554-09-22) (aged 43–44) Mexico City, Viceroyalty of New Spain Signature Military ...
An early motive for exploration was the search for Cipango, the place where gold was born. Cathay and Cibao were later goals. The Seven Cities of Gold, or "Cibola", was rumoured to have been built by Native Americans somewhere in the desert Southwest.
The Zuni-Cibola Complex is a collection of prehistoric and historic archaeological sites on the Zuni Pueblo in western New Mexico. It comprises Hawikuh , Yellow House, Kechipbowa, and Great Kivas, all sites of long residence and important in the early Spanish colonial contact period.
Cibola is a census-designated place (CDP) in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 250 at the 2010 census , [ 2 ] up from 172 in 2000 . It is named for the famed city of gold of the same name.