Meaning and background
The story behind Poblano
Poblano is the name of a Mexican chilli pepper closely associated with cooking, and the word also means a person or thing from Puebla in Mexico. The pepper term is therefore geographical in a specific lexical sense, rather than a fanciful Spanish translation. It has three audible syllables in English. Food and place associations are both supported; neither proves what led someone to give this exact name to a dog.
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About Poblano
Recorded as a dog’s name
Poblano appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/poʊblɑnoʊ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/poʊblɑnoʊ/ · primary stress on syllable 2P OW0 B L AA1 N OW0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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