- a variation of Navajo.
Navaho
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Navahos,
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Navahoes,
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Navaho
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noun
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a member of a North American Indian people of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
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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
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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
“Your mother was part Florida Navaho, wasn’t she?”
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
We had left the trail two days before, and were hunting on our own account when the Navahoes came down.
From In the Heart of the Rockies by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
"Leaping Horse went up the rocks to see if Navahoes have gone."
From In the Heart of the Rockies by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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 G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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 G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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 G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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, later, tourists demanded rugs, the Navahos, who had never used rugs in their lives, began making them by the thousand.
From Time Magazine Archive
But his greatest influence came from childhood days in the Southwest: sand painting by the Navahos, who sifted colored earths through their fingers to form flat talismans on the ground.
From Time Magazine Archive
Roessel is confident the training will create a labor force that will attract industry to the area, cut the 70% unemployment rate and increase the $680 average yearly family income of reservation Navahos.
From Time Magazine Archive
When they scented the Navahos they snorted with terror, and all but two managed to bolt clear.
From Bloom of Cactus by Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen) Coleman
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