Navajo
noun
Na·va·jo
ˈna-və-ˌhō 
ˈnä-
ˈnä-
variants
or less commonly
1
plural Navajo or Navajos also Navaho or Navahos
: a member of an Indigenous people of northern New Mexico and Arizona and southern Utah
2
: the language of the Navajo people
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Voting continued slowly, but the issue left some voters on the Navajo Nation waiting in line for hours.
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Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
The spacious property located in the 700 block of Navajo Way in Fremont was sold on Aug. 6, 2024.
—Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Arizona Four polling locations in Navajo County, Arizona, received unsubstantiated bomb threats that Secretary of State Adrian Fontes says his office has reason to believe are from Russia, but that hasn't been confirmed.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
With the impending departure of Navajo State Senator Affie Ellis (R-Cheyenne), a loss from Posey, who has both Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho ancestry, would mean no Indigenous representation in the Wyoming legislature.
—Cy Neff, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
The spacious property located in the 700 block of Navajo Way in Fremont was sold on Aug. 6, 2024.
—Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Arizona Four polling locations in Navajo County, Arizona, received unsubstantiated bomb threats that Secretary of State Adrian Fontes says his office has reason to believe are from Russia, but that hasn't been confirmed.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
With the impending departure of Navajo State Senator Affie Ellis (R-Cheyenne), a loss from Posey, who has both Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho ancestry, would mean no Indigenous representation in the Wyoming legislature.
—Cy Neff, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Navajo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Navajo. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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Navajo
noun
Na·va·jo
variants
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plural Navajo or Navajos also Navaho or Navahos
: a member of an Indigenous people of northern New Mexico and Arizona
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