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Navajo.

A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈnæ.və.həʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈnæ.və.hoʊ/General-American/ˈnɑ.və.hoʊ/General-American/ˈnæ.voʊ/General-American, contracted
  1. A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish navajo, from Tewa navahúuˀu (“field adjoining an arroyo”).

name/ˈnæ.və.həʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈnæ.və.hoʊ/General-American/ˈnɑ.və.hoʊ/General-American/ˈnæ.voʊ/General-American, contracted
  1. 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).

  2. An Amerindian people who traditionally speak the Navajo language.

  3. A surname.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish navajo, from Tewa navahúuˀu (“field adjoining an arroyo”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.