NAVAJO


Meaning of NAVAJO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

also Na·va·ho ˈna-və-ˌhō, ˈnä-

( 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.