Navajo

noun

Na·​va·​jo ˈna-və-ˌhō  ˈnä- 

variants or less commonly Navaho

1

plural Navajo or Navajos also Navaho or Navahos : a member of an Indigenous people of northern New Mexico and Arizona and southern Utah

2

: the language of the Navajo people

Examples of Navajo in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

July 7 — Denver police search for Indigenous man A man from the Navajo Nation has been missing since he was last seen in Denver last week. —Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 7 July 2025

Gallup, New Mexico: Home of the Navajo Code Talkers Gallup's place in American history goes back long before America was America, Matt Robinson, tourism and marketing manager for the New Mexico town, told USA TODAY. —Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 5 July 2025

Curley thanked the Southwest Area Complex Incident Management Team Type 2, Navajo Nation Rangers, and all Navajo Nation fire crews for their collective efforts. —Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 5 July 2025

Shiprock refers to a peak and town on the Diné (Navajo) reservation in northwest New Mexico. —Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025

Word History

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

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Navajo

• afterglow
• akimbo
• albino
• aliquot
• allegro
• amigo
• apropos
• audio
• bungalow
• calico
• calypso
• cameo

Kids Definition

Navajo

noun

Na·​va·​jo

variants also Navaho

ˈnav-ə-ˌhō  ˈnäv- 

plural Navajo or Navajos also Navaho or Navahos

: a member of an Indigenous people of northern New Mexico and Arizona