Navajo

Navajo
Navajo Athabaskan people and language, 1780, from Sp. Apaches de Nabaju (1629), from Tewa (Tanoan) Navahu, said to mean lit. "large field" or "large planted field," containing nava "field" and hu "valley." Sp. Navajo was used 17c. in ref. to the area now in northwestern New Mexico.

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  • Navajo — [nav′ə hō΄, nä′və hō΄] n. [Sp Navajó, shortened < Apaches de Navajó, lit., Apaches of Navajo, area of NW New Mexico < Tewa navahu˙, arroyo with cultivated fields ] 1. pl. Navajos, Navajo, Navajoes a member of a North American Indian people… …   English World dictionary

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  • Navajo — Navajo, NM U.S. Census Designated Place in New Mexico Population (2000): 2097 Housing Units (2000): 560 Land area (2000): 2.259478 sq. miles (5.852021 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.259478 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Navajo, NM — U.S. Census Designated Place in New Mexico Population (2000): 2097 Housing Units (2000): 560 Land area (2000): 2.259478 sq. miles (5.852021 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.259478 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • navajo — adj. 2 g. 1. Relativo aos navajos, povo indígena da américa do Norte. • s. 2 g. 2. Indivíduo pertencente aos navajos. • s. m. 3.  [Linguística] Língua falada pelos navajos.   ‣ Etimologia: espanhol navajo …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • navajo — (izg. navȁho) m DEFINICIJA lingv. jezik naroda Navaho, govori se u SAD u (Novi Meksiko), svrstava se u porodicu na dene ETIMOLOGIJA vidi Navajo …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • navajo — navajo, ja adjetivo,sustantivo masculino y femenino 1. De un pueblo amerindio del grupo apache que vivía en el sector meridional de las montañas Rocosas: un indio navajo …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

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