Navajo
noun
Na·va·jo ˈna-və-ˌhō 
ˈnä-
ˈnä- variants or less commonly
plural Navajo or Navajos also Navaho or Navahos
1
: a member of an American Indian people of northern New Mexico and Arizona
2
: the language of the Navajo people
Word History
Etymology
Spanish (Apache de) Navajó, literally, Apache of Navajó, from Navajó, area occupied by Navajos, probably from Tewa (Pueblo Indian language of northern New Mexico) navahu·, literally, arroyo with planted fields
First Known Use
1780, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
Navajo
noun
Na·va·jo
variants also
ˈna-və-hō,
ˈnä-
plural Navajos also Navahos
1
: a member of a tribe of indigenous people of northern New Mexico and Arizona
2
: the language of the Navajo people