[Na.va.jo] also Na.va.ho n, pl -jo or -jos also -ho or -hos [Sp (Apache de) Navajo, lit., Apache of Navajo, fr. Navajo, area occupied by Navajos, prob. fr. Tewa (Pueblo Indian language of northern New Mexico) navahu, lit., arroyo with planted fields] (1780) 1: a member of an American Indian people of northern New Mexico and Arizona
2: the language of the Navajo people