Navajo

See also: navajo

English

Alternative forms

• Navaho

Etymology

From Spanish navajo, from Tewa navahu (“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 (plural Navajo or Navajos or Navajoes)

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: نافاجو m or f (nāfājū), نافاهو m or f (nāfāhū)
• Breton: navac'ho
• Catalan: navaho m or f
• Cherokee: ᎠᏂᎾᏩᎰ (aninawaho)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: 納瓦霍族／纳瓦霍族 (Nàwǎhuò-zú), 納瓦霍／纳瓦霍 (Nàwǎhuò)

• Esperanto: navaho
• Finnish: navajo (fi)
• French: Navajo (fr) m or f, navajo (fr) m or f
• German: Navajo (de) m, Navaho (de) m
• Greek: Ναβάχο m (Navácho)
• Hindi: नावाहो (nāvāho)
• Irish: Navachóch m
• Japanese: ナバホ族 (Nabaho-zoku), ナバホ (Nabaho)
• Khmer: ឌិណិស (dinəh), ណាវ៉ាហូ (naavaahou)
• Navajo: Diné, Naabeehó
• Occitan: navaho m or f
• Persian: ناواهو (nâvâho)
• Polish: Nawaho
• Portuguese: navajo (pt) m
• Russian: нава́хо (ru) m (naváxo) (indeclinable)
• Spanish: navajo (es) m
• Swahili: Mnavaho sg, Wanavaho pl
• Taos: nábahuna
• Western Apache: Yúdahą́
• Zuni: A:bachu

Proper noun

Navajo

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

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: اَلنَّافَاجُو m (an-nafajū), نافاهو m (nāfāhū)
• Armenian: նավահո (hy) (navaho)
• Breton: navac'hoeg m
• Cherokee: ᎾᏩᎰ (nawaho)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 納瓦霍語／纳瓦霍语 (zh) (Nàwǎhuò-yǔ)

• Dutch: Navajo (nl) n
• Esperanto: la navaha lingvo
• 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: bahasa Navajo
• Inuktitut: ᓈᕙᐦᐅᑐᑦ (naafahotot)
• Irish: Navachóis
• Italian: navajo (it) m
• Japanese: ナヴァホ語 (ja) (Navaho-go), ナバホ語 (ja) (Nabaho-go)
• Javanese: basa Navajo
• 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: navaho m
• 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: Navaho n

See also

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

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code nv, ISO 639-3 code nav (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Navajo, nav ⁠