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

Among the hurdles, the federal government put a 40-year development ban – known as the Bennett Freeze – across roughly 1.5 million acres of Navajo land to settle a dispute between the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe. —Ashley Killough, CNN, 3 July 2024

Cottonwood: 685 West SR 89A Douglas: 215 W. Ninth St. Flagstaff: 2020 E. Route 66 Green Valley: 75 N. Abrego Drive Holbrook: 1521 Navajo Blvd. —Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2024

Popular on Variety The series is a Navajo Entertainment production in association with Claxson, Washington Square Entertainment, Palatin Media, Julijette, Karma Film, Fun Republic Pictures and virtual production studio / film financier Volume Global. —K.j. Yossman, Variety, 1 July 2024

In 2013: American daredevil Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk on a tightrope across the top of the Little Colorado River Gorge on Navajo Nation land near Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. —The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2024

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

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