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navajo
/ˈnæ.və.hoʊ/
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What does navajo mean?
noun
- A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America.
proper noun
- An Apachean (Southern Athabaskan) language of the Athabascan language family belonging to the Na-Dené phylum. It is spoken by 149,000 people in the American Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado).
- An Amerindian people who traditionally speak the Navajo language.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈnæ.və.hoʊ/
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The wool of the Navajo sheep was soon kindled by the warmth of her body, and was impenetrable to dampness.
His flesh is fine eating, which the Navajo knows if the white man does not.
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But it is in the legends of the Navajo Indians of North America that we find the most complete account of the cave-life.
The famous fire dance of the Navajo Indians, often described as though it involved some sort of genuine necromancy, is explained by a matter-of-fact spectator.
It will note Navajo sand painting and designs in blankets.