Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🧑‍🦱 A Native American 🗣️ A native language
Navaho

Navaho

7.0
A member of a Native American tribe in the southwestern United States
  • noun
  • /ˈnævəhoʊ/
  • Archaic
translation icon : navajo
  • The Navajos have a rich heritage that includes art, music, and storytelling.

Examples

  • So I'm sorry, but how many Navajos we got in here?

  • We have a ton of Navajo here, Tongans.

  • During the cultural festival, many Navajos proudly showcased their traditional dances.

  • He learned about the history and customs of the Navajo people in his anthropology class.

Synonyms

native
vsNavaho
84 3.7

A person from the original people of a place, not later settlers

is limited to that southwestern tribal group rather than any indigenous person
Navajo
vsNavaho
3 4.8

A member of a Native American people from the American Southwest, especially Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah

is an older alternate spelling for the same people

Compounds

Navaho language
  • Archaic
9.5

A language spoken by the Navajo people in the US Southwest

Surface Forms

Navaho singular
Navahos plural
Navajos plural
Navajo singular

Etymology

Navaho comes from the Spanish name for the people, which very likely came from a local Native place-name meaning 'farm fields' or 'open plain'. The people call themselves Diné, 'the people', and the Spanish name became the common English name for this Native American group.