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