NAVAJO

also Navaho noun (plural -jo or -jos; also -ho or -hos) Etymology: Spanish (Apache de) Navajó, literally, Apache of Navajó, from Navajó, area occupied by ~s, probably from Tewa (Pueblo Indian language of northern New Mexico) navahu, literally, arroyo with planted fields Date: 1780 a member of an American Indian people of northern New Mexico and Arizona, the language of the ~ people