Navajo
Syllables: Na·va·jo/ˈnæ.və.həʊ//ˈnæ.və.hoʊ/
Navajo noun: a member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America.
Noun
Navajo (plural Navajo or Navajos or Navajoes)
- A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America.
- As a code talker, Newman was one of a group of Navajos who learned a secret, unbreakable language that was used to send information on tactics, troop movements and orders over the radio and telephone during WWII.2019 January 16, Eric Levenson, “Alfred Newman, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers, dies at 94”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- Tavasuh
Proper noun
Navajo
- 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).
- Endangered language communities would be thrilled with and proud of that kind of exposure for their language, like when Star Wars was dubbed into Navajo and Ojibwe.2023 December 30, Daniel W. Hieber, “Why I hate conlangs”, in Linguistic Discovery, archived from the original on 24 May 2024
- An Amerindian people who traditionally speak the Navajo language.
- One of the last remaining members of the Navajo Code Talkers, who used their difficult-to-learn language to form an indecipherable code that helped the Allies win World War II, has died.2019 January 16, Eric Levenson, “Alfred Newman, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers, dies at 94”, in CNN
- A surname.
Navajo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Indonesian
Navajo in Hindi
- person
- नावाहो nāvāho
- language
- नावाहो nāvāho
Navajo in Tamil
- language
- நாவஹோ மொழி nāvahō moḻi
Navajo in Arabic
- person
- نافاجو nāfājū, نافاهو nāfāhū
- language
- اَلنَّافَاجُو an-nafajū, نافاهو nāfāhū
Navajo in Indonesian
- language
- bahasa Navajo
More languagesFewer languages
- Navajo in Persian
- ناواهو nâvâho
Synonyms of Navajo
Forms of Navajo
| plural | Navajo |
|---|---|
| plural | Navajos |
| plural | Navajoes |
| alternative form | Navaho |
Origin of Navajo
Borrowed from Spanish navajo, from Tewa navahúuˀu (“field adjoining an arroyo”).
Words formed from Navajo
- Navajo County
- Navajo disease
- Navajo flu
- navajoite
- Navajoland
- Navajoness
- Navajo neuropathy
- Navajo Springs
- Navajo taco
- Navajo white
- Navlish
- Navajo Indian Reservation
- Navajo People
- Navajo Reservation
- Navajo Tribal Nation
- Navajo Tribe
- Navajo Nation
Phrases with Navajo
Questions about Navajo
- What does Navajo mean?
- Navajo means a member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America.
- What is Navajo in Hindi?
- Navajo in Hindi is नावाहो (nāvāho). See Navajo meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Navajo?
- Navajo can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Navajo?
- Navajo is pronounced /ˈnæ.və.həʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of Navajo?
- The plural of Navajo is Navajo.
Words near Navajo in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Navajo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Navajo.wav, En-us-Navajo.oga.
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