Navajo

See also:navajo

English

Alternative forms

• Navaho

Etymology

FromSpanishnavajo,fromTewanavahu(“field adjoining an arroyo”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈnæ.və.həʊ/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈnæ.və.hoʊ/,/ˈnɑ.və.hoʊ/,(contracted)/ˈnæ.voʊ/

• Audio(US):

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• Hyphenation:Na‧va‧jo

Noun

Navajo(pluralNavajoorNavajosorNavajoes)

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

   Synonym:(derogatory)Tavasuh

Derived terms

• Navajo County
• Navajo disease
• Navajo flu
• Navajo Nation
• Navajoness
• Navajo neuropathy
• Navajo Springs
• Navajo white

Translations

person

• Amharic:ናቫሆ(navaho)
• Arabic:نافاجوmorf(nāfājū),نافاهوmorf(nāfāhū)
• Breton:navac'ho
• Catalan:navahomorf
• Cherokee:ᎠᏂᎾᏩᎰ(aninawaho)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin:Nạp ngói hoắc tộc／Nạp ngói hoắc tộc(Nàwǎhuò-zú),Nạp ngói hoắc／Nạp ngói hoắc(Nàwǎhuò)

• Esperanto:navaho
• Finnish:navajo(fi)
• French:Navajo(fr)morf,navajo(fr)morf
• German:Navajo(de)m,Navaho(de)m
• Greek:Ναβάχοm(Navácho)
• Hindi:नावाहो(nāvāho)
• Irish:Navachóchm
• Japanese:ナバホ tộc(Nabaho-zoku),ナバホ(Nabaho)
• Khmer:ឌិណិស(dinəh),ណាវ៉ាហូ(naavaahou)
• Navajo:Diné,Naabeehó
• Occitan:navahomorf
• Persian:ناواهو(nâvâho)
• Polish:Nawaho
• Portuguese:navajo(pt)m
• Russian:нава́хо(ru)m(naváxo)(indeclinable)
• Spanish:navajo(es)m
• Swahili:Mnavahosg,Wanavahopl
• Taos:nábahuna
• Western Apache:Yúdahą́
• Zuni:A:bachu

Proper noun

Navajo

1. AnApachean(Southern Athabaskan) language of theAthabascanlanguage family belonging to theNa-Denéphylum. It is spoken by 149,000 people in the American Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado).
2. AnAmerindianpeople who traditionally speak the Navajo language

Synonyms

language

• Dine
• Diné
• Navajo language

people

• Dine
• Diné
• Navajo People

Derived terms

• Navajo Indian Reservation
• Navajo Nation
• Navajo People
• Navajo Reservation
• Navajo Tribal Nation
• Navajo Tribe

Translations

language

• Amharic:ናቫሆኛ(navahoña)
• Arabic:اَلنَّافَاجُوm(an-nafajū),نافاهوm(nāfāhū)
• Armenian:նավահո(hy)(navaho)
• Breton:navac'hoegm
• Cherokee:ᎾᏩᎰ(nawaho)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Nạp ngói hoắc ngữ／Nạp ngói hoắc ngữ(zh)(Nàwǎhuò-yǔ)

• Dutch:Navajo(nl)n
• Esperanto:lanavahalingvo
• Finnish:navajo(fi)
• French:navajo(fr)m
• Galician:navajo(gl)m
• German:Navajo(de)n,Navaho(de)n
• Greek:ναβάχο(el)f(navácho)
• Guaraní:navaxu aru
• Hebrew:נאוואחו
• Hindi:नावाहो(nāvāho)
• Icelandic:navajóíska
• Indonesian:bahasaNavajo
• Inuktitut:ᓈᕙᐦᐅᑐᑦ(naafahotot)
• Irish:Navachóis
• Italian:navajo(it)m
• Japanese:ナヴァホ ngữ(ja)(Navaho-go),ナバホ ngữ(ja)(Nabaho-go)
• Javanese:basaNavajo
• Khmer:ភាសាណាវ៉ាហូ(phiəsaanaavaahou)
• Korean:나바호어(Nabaho'eo)
• Limburgish:Navajo
• Lithuanian:navahų kalba
• Macedonian:навахо(navaho)
• Manx:Navajo
• Mapudungun:navaku dungun
• Navajo:Diné bizaad,Naabeehó bizaad
• Occitan:navahom
• Polish:Nawaho
• Portuguese:navajo(pt)m
• Quechua:diné simi
• Russian:нава́хо(ru)m(naváxo)(indeclinable)
• Scots:Navajo,Navaho
• Scottish Gaelic:Navajo
• Spanish:navajo(es)m
• Swahili:Kinavaho
• Swedish:navajo(sv)
• Tamil:நாவஹோ மொழி(nāvahō moḻi)
• Turkish:Navahoca(tr)
• West Frisian:Navahon

See also

• Athabaskan languageson Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Southern Athabaskan languageson Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Na-Dené languageson Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Navajo terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1codenv,ISO 639-3codenav(SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Navajo,nav⁠