name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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/
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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.
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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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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 2
An Amerindian people who traditionally speak the Navajo language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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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Synonyms: Tavasuh
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 5
the Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Navaho
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan, Athapaskan language
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noun
Meaning 6
a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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