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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For a group of teens cooling off at Navajo Reservoir recently, this is simply the new normal.
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Rj Sangosti, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
The sand here was created by the erosion of nearby Navajo sandstone, and the rock gets its reddish-orange color from the iron oxide mineral hematite.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2026
Consider Jake Skeets, a professor at the University of Oklahoma and the third poet laureate of the Navajo Nation.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Season 4 focuses on the search for a missing Navajo girl, which takes Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito (Jessica Matten) from the safety of the Navajo Nation to the gritty terrain of 1970s Los Angeles in a race against the clock to save her from an obsessive killer with ties to organized crime.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
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Rj Sangosti, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
The sand here was created by the erosion of nearby Navajo sandstone, and the rock gets its reddish-orange color from the iron oxide mineral hematite.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2026
Consider Jake Skeets, a professor at the University of Oklahoma and the third poet laureate of the Navajo Nation.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Season 4 focuses on the search for a missing Navajo girl, which takes Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito (Jessica Matten) from the safety of the Navajo Nation to the gritty terrain of 1970s Los Angeles in a race against the clock to save her from an obsessive killer with ties to organized crime.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Navajo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Navajo. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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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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