Main Entry: Na·va·jo

Variant(s): also Na·va·ho \ˈna-və-ˌhō, ˈnä-\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Na·va·jo or Na·va·jos also Na·va·ho or Na·va·hos

Etymology: Spanish (Apache de) Navajó, literally, Apache of Navajó, from Navajó, area occupied by Navajos, probably from Tewa (Pueblo Indian language of northern New Mexico) navahu·, literally, arroyo with planted fields

Date: 1780

1 : a member of an American Indian people of northern New Mexico and Arizona
2 : the language of the Navajo people