English Explanatory Dictionary

Navajo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America.
name
  1. An Apachean (Southern Athabaskan) language of the Athabascan language family belonging to the Na-Dené phylum. It is spoken by 149,000 people in the American Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado).
  2. An Amerindian people who traditionally speak the Navajo language.
  3. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈnæ.və.həʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Navajo.wav /ˈnæ.və.hoʊ/ /ˈnɑ.və.hoʊ/ /ˈnæ.voʊ/ En-us-Navajo.oga

Word forms

Navajo Navajos Navajoes Navaho

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish navajo, from Tewa navahu (“field adjoining an arroyo”).

Synonyms

Tavasuh Dine Diné Navajo People

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Navajo terms

Derived words

Navajo Nation Navajo County Navajo disease Navajo flu navajoite Navajoland Navajoness Navajo neuropathy Navajo Springs Navajo taco Navajo white Navlish Navajo Indian Reservation Navajo People Navajo Reservation Navajo Tribal Nation Navajo Tribe
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