Navajo
/ˈnavəhəʊ
/(also Navaho)
noun (plural same or Navajos)
1A member of an American Indian people of New Mexico and Arizona.It appeared that Navajos and other American Indians made up over ninety percent of those attending....
- Pueblo auxiliaries were often required to fight with Spanish troops against either Apaches, Navajos, Utes, or Comanches, depending upon Spanish Indian policies and alliances at any given time.
- As an Indian agent in New Mexico in the 1850s, Carson had to balance competing desires and needs of Anglos, Apaches, Hispanos, Navajos, Pueblos, and Utes.
2 [mass noun] The Athabaskan language of the Navajo, with about 130,000 speakers.Navajo citizens are choosing to speak English rather than Navajo....
- He actually wrote a highschool-level textbook of Navajo linguistics aimed at helping speakers of Navajo to discover the structure of their language.
- In politics, however, Navajo remains the language of power.
adjective
Relating to the Navajo or their language.All of the Navajo immersion students improved in their Navajo language skills....
- Hogans are only part of his dream to preserve Navajo culture through language and traditions, but they offer tangible evidence of what a Navajo-inspired and operated enterprise can do.
- All of these factors are contributing to the shift from Navajo to English language use in Navajo communities.
Origin
From Spanish Apaches de Navajó 'Apaches from Navajo', from Tewa navahu: 'fields adjoining an arroyo'.
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