Navajoes

Variant of Navajo

Navajo definition

Nav·ajo (nav′ə hō′, nä′və hō′)

noun

  1. pl. Navajos -·jos′, Navajo -·jo′, Navajoes -·joes′ a member of a North American Indian people living in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
  2. the Athabaskan language of this people, a member of the Apache grouping

Etymology: Sp Navajó, shortened < Apaches de Navajó, lit., Apaches of Navajo, area of NW New Mexico < Tewa navahu˙, arroyo with cultivated fields

Also sp. Navaho Nav′·aho′

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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