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

Navajo Nation police said the crash happened Monday as spectators waited for the parade to begin, and the driver was arrested after the incident, the Associated Press, AZFamily and The Arizona Republic reported. —Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025

Prosecutors said the Farmington Resident Agency of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Navajo Nation Police Department and the Navajo Department of Criminal Investigations. —Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 20 Dec. 2025

Each is a member of the indigenous Diné (Navajo) tribe. —Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 15 Dec. 2025

The sand here was created by the erosion of nearby Navajo sandstone; the rock gets its reddish-orange color from the iron oxide mineral hematite. —Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 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