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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Entrepreneur and mayor to speak at Republican group The Navajo Canyon Club of the Republican Women of California will meet from 10:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. June 10 at The Legacy Hotel, 875 Hotel Circle S.
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
In other recent casting news… * Dark Winds Season 4 has added Isabel Deroy-Olson (Three Pines) and recent 9-1-1: Lone Star guest star Luke Barnett in the respective roles of a Navajo teen anxious to connect with people outside of her boarding school, and an FBI agent, Deadline reports.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 May 2025
Set in 1971 on a remote outpost of the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley, Dark Winds follows Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) of the Tribal Police as a series of seemingly unrelated crimes besiege him.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 27 May 2025
For a taste of the unusual, check out the Burger King in Kayenta, Arizona, which is home to a mini museum honoring the Navajo Code Talkers, who helped transmit secret messages to Allied forces during World War II.
—Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 May 2025
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
In other recent casting news… * Dark Winds Season 4 has added Isabel Deroy-Olson (Three Pines) and recent 9-1-1: Lone Star guest star Luke Barnett in the respective roles of a Navajo teen anxious to connect with people outside of her boarding school, and an FBI agent, Deadline reports.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 27 May 2025
Set in 1971 on a remote outpost of the Navajo Nation near Monument Valley, Dark Winds follows Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) of the Tribal Police as a series of seemingly unrelated crimes besiege him.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 27 May 2025
For a taste of the unusual, check out the Burger King in Kayenta, Arizona, which is home to a mini museum honoring the Navajo Code Talkers, who helped transmit secret messages to Allied forces during World War II.
—Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 May 2025
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“Navajo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Navajo. Accessed 4 Jun. 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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