n.
Variant: also Na · va · ho
Pronunciation: ' na-v ə - ˌ h ō , ' nä-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -jo or -jos also -ho or -hos
Etymology: Spanish ( Apache de ) Navajó, literally, Apache of Navajó, from Navajó, area occupied by Navajos, probably from Tewa (Pueblo Indian language of northern New Mexico) navahu · , literally, arroyo with planted fields
Date: 1780
1 : a member of an American Indian people of northern New Mexico and Arizona
2 : the language of the Navajo people