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

The Navajo Nation is the lone exception in Arizona. —Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Sep. 2025

Proceeds will benefit the Navajo Canyon Club and Saved in America. —Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025

After her son’s hospitalization, Branch began researching RSV and was shocked to learn that high transmission rates on the Navajo Nation reservation had been a serious problem for years. —Suzette Brewer, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2025

Durango is also under two hours from the Four Corners monument Navajo Tribal Park, Chimney Rock, and the Canyons of the Ancients. —Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 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