Standard Lemma guide

Navajo

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnæ.və.həʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈnæ.və.hoʊ/
  • General-American: /ˈnɑ.və.hoʊ/
  • General-American, contracted: /ˈnæ.voʊ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: N AA1 V AH0 HH OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: N AE1 V AH0 HH OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

An Amerindian people who traditionally speak the Navajo language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Tavasuh

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Navaho

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan, Athapaskan language

6

noun

Meaning 6

a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Navaho

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish navajo, from Tewa navahúuˀu (“field adjoining an arroyo”).

Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ናቫሆኛ (navahoña) — language
  • Arabic: اَلنَّافَاجُو (an-nafajū) — language
  • Arabic: نافاهو (nāfāhū) — language
  • Armenian: նավահո (navaho) — language
  • Breton: navac'hoeg — language
  • Cherokee: ᎾᏩᎰ (nawaho) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 納瓦霍語 /纳瓦霍语 (Nàwǎhuò-yǔ) — language
  • Dutch: Navajo — language
  • Esperanto: la navaha lingvo — language
  • Finnish: navajo — language
  • French: navajo — language
  • West-Frisian: Navaho — language
  • Galician: navajo — language
  • German: Navajo — language
  • German: Navaho — language
  • Greek: ναβάχο (navácho) — language
  • Hebrew: נאוואחו — language
  • Hindi: नावाहो (nāvāho) — language
  • Hungarian: navahó — language
  • Icelandic: navahóíska — language
  • Indonesian: bahasa Navajo — language
  • Inuktitut: ᓈᕙᐦᐅᑐᑦ (naafahotot) — language
  • Irish: Navachóis — language
  • Italian: navajo — language
  • Japanese: ナヴァホ語 (Navaho-go) — language
  • Japanese: ナバホ語 (Nabaho-go) — language
  • Javanese: basa Navajo — language
  • Khmer: ភាសាណាវ៉ាហូ (phiəsaanaavaahou) — language
  • Korean: 나바호어 (Nabaho'eo) — language
  • Limburgish: Navajo — language
  • Lithuanian: navahų kalba — language
  • Macedonian: навахо (navaho) — language
  • Manx: Navajo — language
  • Mapudungun: navaku dungun — language
  • Navajo: Diné bizaad — language
  • Navajo: Naabeehó bizaad — language
  • Occitan: navaho — language
  • Polish: Nawaho — language
  • Portuguese: navajo — language
  • Quechua: diné simi — language
  • Russian: нава́хо (naváxo) — language
  • Scots: Navajo — language
  • Scots: Navaho — language
  • Scottish Gaelic: Navajo — language
  • Spanish: navajo — language
  • Swahili: Kinavaho — language
  • Swedish: navajo — language
  • Tamil: நாவஹோ மொழி (nāvahō moḻi) — language
  • Turkish: Navahoca — language
  • Amharic: ናቫሆ (navaho) — person
  • Western Apache: Yúdahą́ — person
  • Arabic: نافاجو (nāfājū) — person
  • Arabic: نافاهو (nāfāhū) — person
  • Breton: navac'ho — person
  • Catalan: navaho — person
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏂᎾᏩᎰ (aninawaho) — person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 納瓦霍族 /纳瓦霍族 (Nàwǎhuò-zú) — person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 納瓦霍 /纳瓦霍 (Nàwǎhuò) — person
  • Esperanto: navaho — person
  • Finnish: navajo — person
  • French: Navajo — person
  • French: navajo — person
  • German: Navajo — person
  • German: Navaho — person
  • Greek: Ναβάχο (Navácho) — person
  • Hindi: नावाहो (nāvāho) — person
  • Irish: Navachóch — person
  • Japanese: ナバホ族 (Nabaho-zoku) — person
  • Japanese: ナバホ (Nabaho) — person
  • Khmer: ឌិណិស (dinəh) — person
  • Khmer: ណាវ៉ាហូ (naavaahou) — person
  • Navajo: Diné — person
  • Navajo: Naabeehó — person
  • Occitan: navaho — person
  • Persian: ناواهو (nâvâho) — person
  • Polish: Nawaho — person
  • Portuguese: navajo — person
  • Russian: нава́хо (naváxo) — person
  • Spanish: navajo — person
  • Swahili: Mnavaho — person
  • Swahili: Wanavaho — person
  • Taos: nábahuna — person
  • Tewa: Wä́n Sáveh — person
  • Zuni: A:bachu — person
Real reading context

Navajo in complete knowledge articles