Navaho

[ nav-uh-hoh, nah-vuh- ]

noun, adjectiveplural Nav·a·hos, Nav·a·hoes, (especially collectively) Nav·a·ho,

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How to use Navaho in a sentence

  • The same table that gives us the Uta and Navaho vocabularies, gives us a Moqui one also.

    Opuscula | Robert Gordon Latham
  • Space does not permit mention of many who have worked with the Navaho language.

    Little Man's Family | J. B. Enochs
  • Antonio Narbona came from the province of Chihuahua, as lieutenant of soldiers sent to repel a Navaho raid.

  • For over twenty-five years the United States government had much difficulty with the Navaho.

  • But he was able to control himself enough to follow other crewmen down a hall of the station toward the Navaho.

    Badge of Infamy | Lester del Rey

British Dictionary definitions for Navaho

Navaho

Navajo

/ (ˈnævəˌhəʊ, ˈnɑː-) /


noun
  1. plural -ho, -hos, -hoes, -jo, -jos or -joes a member of a North American Indian people of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah

  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Athapascan group of the Na-Dene phylum

Origin of Navaho

1
C18: from Spanish Navajó pueblo, from Tena Navahu large planted field

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