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NAVAJO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: navajoes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho

Synonyms:

Navaho; Navajo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Navajo" is a kind of...):

Athabascan; Athabaskan; Athapascan; Athapaskan; Athapaskan language (a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir))

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Navaho; Navajo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Navajo" is a kind of...):

Athabascan; Athabaskan; Athapascan; Athapaskan (a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska)

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