NAVAHO


Meaning of NAVAHO in English

noun

or nava·jo ˈnavəˌhō, ˈnäv-

( plural navaho or navahos or navahoes or navajo or navajos or navajoes )

Etymology: Spanish ( Apache de ) Navajó, literally, Apache of Navajó, from Navajó, a pueblo, from Tewa Navahú, literally, great planted-fields

1. usually capitalized

a. : an Athapaskan people of northern New Mexico and Arizona ranging also into Colorado and Utah — called also Diné

b. : a member of such people

2. usually capitalized : the language of the Navaho people

3. usually navaho , plural navahos , often capitalized : a strong to vivid orange that is redder than orpiment orange and slightly redder and darker than Big Four yellow

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