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

Leaphorn, of the Navajo Tribal Police, is joined again by Jim Chee, a role played by Kiowa Gordon, and fellow officer Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten), this time in a search for a missing Navajo girl. —Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025

The Navajo Nation is the lone exception in Arizona. —Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Oct. 2025

The sand here was created from the erosion of nearby Navajo sandstone; the rock has a reddish-orange color from the iron oxide mineral hematite. —Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2025

The Republican sheriffs of two Arizona counties that border Mexico, Yuma and Cochise, signed 287(g) warrant service agreements for their jails this year, along with Navajo County, in the far northeast part of the state. —Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 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