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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This was in addition to the $50 million Navajo Nation’s Community Housing and Infrastructure Department grant to provide a minimum of 250 modular ZenniHomes to high-need residents all across the Navajo Nation.
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Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025
Investigators said one of the patients, an 18-year-old, likely became infected about six days before his first doctor’s visit when he was bitten by fleas while walking through a prairie dog colony in Navajo County, about 103 miles east of Flagstaff, Arizona.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Indigenous communities such as the Pueblo and Navajo were manipulating cotton fibers long before colonizers laid claim to their lands.
—Cierra Black, Essence, 9 July 2025
Shiprock is a small community located on the Navajo reservation in San Juan County.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 2 July 2025
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Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025
Investigators said one of the patients, an 18-year-old, likely became infected about six days before his first doctor’s visit when he was bitten by fleas while walking through a prairie dog colony in Navajo County, about 103 miles east of Flagstaff, Arizona.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Indigenous communities such as the Pueblo and Navajo were manipulating cotton fibers long before colonizers laid claim to their lands.
—Cierra Black, Essence, 9 July 2025
Shiprock is a small community located on the Navajo reservation in San Juan County.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 2 July 2025
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“Navajo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Navajo. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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Navajo
noun
Na·va·jo
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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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