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Navajo

Nav·a·jo [ nvə h ] (plural Nav·a·jo or Nav·a·jos) or Nav·a·ho [ nvə h ] (plural Nav·a·ho or Nav·a·hos)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. member of Native N American people: a member of a Native North American people living mainly in northern New Mexico and Arizona

2. language of Navajo: the Athabaskan language of the Navajo people. Native speakers: 225,000.

[Late 18th century. Via Spanish (Apaches de) Navajó "(Apaches of) Navajó" < Tewa navahū "fields adjoining a ravine"]

Nav·a·jo adjective
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