Navaho
Americannoun
noun
-
a member of a North American Indian people of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
-
the language of this people, belonging to the Athapascan group of the Na-Dene phylum
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Navaho
C18: from Spanish Navajó pueblo, from Tena Navahu large planted field
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Navaho Pass and the peak of the same name typically see fewer people than other popular larch trails nearby.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
Not far away, the Navaho people also farmed and tended sheep they acquired from the Spanish, while their relatives the Apaches alternately fought and traded with Spaniards, Mexicans, and Anglo-Americans alike.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
In the early 1980s, Beard learned Navaho weaving from his parents, Ray and Mary Alice Beard, and joined their weaving demonstration at the fair.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 29, 2015
In his weaving, John blended Navaho techniques with the basketry designs of the Native Americans of the Northwest.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 29, 2015
His favorite is a Navaho one about Estsanatlehi.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
Except two or three men who remained on watch on the opposite bank, though carefully keeping out of rifle-range, they saw no signs of the Navahoes during the day.
From In the Heart of the Rockies by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
You must have a talk with him one of these days over his adventures among the 'Rappahoes and Navahoes, who are both as troublesome rascals as are to be found on the plains.
From In the Heart of the Rockies by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
I believe when the soldiers rode up I was about as glad to get a drink from one of their bottles as I was that the Navahoes bolted when they saw them coming.
From In the Heart of the Rockies by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Two days after we crossed the Rio Grande, and entered the dreary path of the mountains in the hostile and inhospitable country of the Navahoes and the Crows.
From Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet by Marryat, Frederick
"Garrison was with me among the 'Rappahoes; and the Shoshone hunter, Wind-that-blows, was with me when the Navahoes came on our trail."
From In the Heart of the Rockies by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
A chain of events then drove them to fury, beginning with a prolonged drought that devastated crops and drew raids from neighboring Navahos and Apaches.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
When Spaniards introduced sheep to the Southwest, the Navahos and Pueblos learned to weave woolen blankets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week both Government officials and Navahos could agree that the monkey Business was just about over.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nestled at the foot of towering bluffs of red sandstone at Window Rock, Ariz. is the great, octagonal Council House of the Navahos.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among these tribes, as among the Skidi Pawnee, the Navahos, and other groups of the Middle West, the control of religion has largely passed into the hands of priests—an advance in religious organization.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
