hogan
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- noun
- /ˈhoʊɡən/
- US
- Chee had been raised among the traditionals, among the sheep camp and hogan people.
- Navajo hogan
- forked-pole hogan
Examples
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But see, this hogan was here first.
Academic text (2008) -
The door of a hogan always faces east, because that is where the new day begins.
Fiction book (1993) -
Beside Barbone, against the south wall of the hogan, sat a woman who looked even older than Barbone.
Fiction book (1993) -
The hogans are burning.
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Annalisa felt for her shoes and her sweatsuit and sleepily left the hogan.
Fiction book (1997) -
The green grass danced in the gentle breeze, and Nasbah could see her grandparents' hogan and the sheep corral near the wash.
Fiction book (2002) -
Joyfully, Annalisa led the way to the hogan, feeling as free-spirited and swift as her old friend the jackrabbit.
Fiction book (1997) -
Inside the dim, stifling hogan, Frances finds the one available cloth, her pink western bandanna.
Fiction book (1994) -
Photo (color): Excavations of early Navajo residences, known as forked-stick hogans, reveal earthen, saucer-shaped floors (top).
Academic text (2009) -
The family gathered inside their hogan to share stories and meals.
Synonyms
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A traditional home used by some Native American groups like a tepee or wigwam
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A small hut made of mud and sticks that people use for shelter in the southwestern United States and Mexico
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A hut with a simple frame covered in branches or grass used for shelter by Native American people
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Etymology
The word hogan comes from the Navajo word hooghan, meaning 'home' or 'dwelling'. So a hogan is a Navajo home, a house made of logs and earth with the entrance often facing east.