Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A Native American people inhabiting extensive reservation lands in Arizona, New Mexico, and southeast Utah. The most populous of contemporary Native American groups in the United States, the Navajo are noted as stockbreeders and skilled weavers, potters, and silversmiths.
- n. A member of this people.
- n. The Apachean language of the Navajo.
Wiktionary
- n. A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America.
- n. An Apachean (Southern Athabaskan) language of the Athabascan language family belonging to the Na-Dené phylum. It is spoken by 149,000 people in the American Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado).
WordNet 3.0
- n. a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah
- n. the Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho
Etymologies
- From Spanish, from Tewa navahu ("field adjoining an arroyo"). (Wiktionary)
- American Spanish Navajó, originally a place-name, from Tewa navahū, large arroyo with cultivated fields. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“[Illustration: IMITATION OF NAVAJO BLANKET] [Illustration: RUG WITH DESIGN] "Mary, while you have been planning your Navajo rug, I have been thinking how we may make a very attractive as well as useful rug.”
Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans"
“Having Raiders games in Navajo is part of "our using every method we can to interest our young people in keeping the language.”
“So far, the company appears to have no plans to change the line: "The Native American-inspired trend and specifically the term 'Navajo' have been cycling through fashion, fine art and design for the last few years," a spokesperson told AP.”
“The Native American-inspired trend and specifically the term 'Navajo' have been cycling through fashion, fine art and design for the last few years," Looram wrote.”
“Lewis told her that Urban Outfitters failed to go through the proper legal system required to use the term "Navajo," she said.”
“Urban Outfitters labels more than 20 products on its website with the word "Navajo," including jackets, earrings, scarves and sneakers.”
“But the Navajo government's issue with Urban Outfitters is the clothing chain's use of the name "Navajo" on its products and in marketing.”
“The word "Navajo" no longer appears on Urban Outfitters' website.”
“Also, the name "Navajo" is trademarked by the tribe.”
“KRAKER: Lovejoy has never worked in Navajo government, but she is a New Mexico state legislator.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Navajo’.
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INTERP - languages
This is not a scientific list based on unified criteria, the sole aim was to collect as many language names as possible.
The list contains the names of the following artificial langua...Abkhazian, Achinese, Acoli, Adangme, Adyghe, Afar, Afrikaans, Ainu, Akan, Albanian, Amharic, Angika and 8674 more...
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Open List: Sheepishness
Everything sheep, from Artiodactyla to zodiac.
lanolin, ram, ewe, Artiodactyla, even-toed ungulate, ruminant, Ovis aries, ovine, domestic, domesticated, neotenic, mouflon and 426 more...
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color (blue)
tiara's color lists rebuilt :)
( visual, colors, blue, descriptive, randomness )Blue, Sapphire, Turquoise, Aqua, Cobalt, Royal, Navy, Pavonated/Peacock, Azure, Egg, Water, Sea and 177 more...
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we don't call ourselves that
exonyms are names for a place or a people which are not used by the people themselves (or the residents of that place).
Those listed here are non-cognate with the corresponding endonym...Mesopotamia, Navajo, Anasazi, Gypsy, Yanks, Frisco, Germany, Greece, Japan, Chechen, barbarian, Berber and 7 more...
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american
'cool' words or phrases with native american origins both phonetically or meanings translated into English ..
pow-wow, Rainbow Warriors, tomahawk, mohawk, Mohican, Sioux, Husky, Apache, moccasin, pecan, shaman, squaw and 4 more...
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Land o' Leander
Places named in Kristin Sweetland's song 'O Leander' (lyrics here). (Names of Native peoples presumably refer to what's left of their lands.)
Wichita, New Mexico, Carolina, Iowa, Oglala, Omaha, Arizona, Navajo, Colorado, Oregon, Indiana, Manitoba and 5 more...
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