Definition of Navajo in English:

Navajo

(also Navaho)

nounPlural Navajos ˈnavəhəʊ

1A member of a North American people of New Mexico and Arizona.
纳瓦霍人（散居于新墨西哥州和亚利桑那州的美洲印第安人）
Example sentencesExamples
- Her father was Navajo; her mother's Caucasian.
- Pueblo auxiliaries were often required to fight with Spanish troops against either Apaches, Navajos, Utes, or Comanches, depending upon Spanish Indian policies and alliances at any given time.
- There are also Indians from other tribes who have moved into Tahlequah: Creeks, Kiowas, Osages, and even Navajos.
- Hundreds of Navajo died during the 400-mile Long Walk and the ensuing four-year exile at Bosque Redondo.
- As with other American Indian languages and cultures, those of the Navajos have undergone and continue to undergo tremendous changes.
- As an Indian agent in New Mexico in the 1850s, Carson had to balance competing desires and needs of Anglos, Apaches, Hispanos, Navajos, Pueblos, and Utes.
- The Navajos have a chant: ‘Remember what you have seen, because everything forgotten returns to the circling winds.’
- When Spaniards first encountered the Apaches and Navajos in the sixteenth century, they could not tell them apart and referred to the Navajo as Apaches de Navajo.
- The breed was brought to this country 500 years ago by Spanish settlers, and Navajos have embraced and raised the breed since then.
- It appeared that Navajos and other American Indians made up over ninety percent of those attending.
- Carson was then an Indian agent helping the army subdue the Navajos and Apaches.
- But fewer and fewer Navajo can make that choice.
- The contemporary government of the Navajos is the Navajo Nation in Window Rock, Arizona.
2mass noun The Athabaskan language of the Navajo, with about 130,000 speakers.
纳瓦霍语（属阿萨巴斯卡语系，有约13万使用者）
Example sentencesExamples
- It included a free copy of the Sunday Times, in Navajo.
- Although it is an unwritten language with no alphabet or symbols, Navajo is as far from a ‘primitive, not-fully-evolved’ language as one could imagine.
- Many wore traditional Navajo outfits and a small amount spoke in Navajo amongst themselves.
- Schools in Rock Point teach all classes in the local language - Navajo.
- Their languages are no more similar to each other than English and Navajo.
- Kindergarten and first-grade students received total or almost total instruction in Navajo.
- The other quarter is not likely to speak or understand Navajo at all.
- The difficulties language learners face as they make the transition from English to Navajo and from Navajo to English are described in this paper.
- In politics, however, Navajo remains the language of power.
- Through observation, one of the authors has noted that men and boys tend to speak Navajo more than women and girls.
- By second grade students receive half of their instruction in English and half in Navajo.
- Typically, fifty percent of the students are dominant in Navajo, using their language in their social lives.
- Those who converse in Navajo include monolingual speakers who are mostly of the greatgrandparent generation.
- Many students come to school proficient in neither Navajo nor English.
- He actually wrote a highschool-level textbook of Navajo linguistics aimed at helping speakers of Navajo to discover the structure of their language.
- She is an enrolled member and citizen of the Navajo Nation and is bilingual and biliterate in Navajo and English.
- Navajo citizens are choosing to speak English rather than Navajo.
- Unlike most other native American languages, Navajo is still in widespread and active use.
- Pueblos nearest the Navajos were apt to know Navajo.
- Learning to read and write in Navajo is a painstaking process for all students.

adjective ˈnavəhəʊ

Relating to the Navajo or their language.
（与）纳瓦霍人（有关）的；（与）纳瓦霍语（有关）的
Example sentencesExamples
- In the end, it was agreed that subject matter would be taught in the Navajo language for at least half a day.
- All of these factors are contributing to the shift from Navajo to English language use in Navajo communities.
- Funding for Navajo language immersion schools is now threatened.
- Hogans are only part of his dream to preserve Navajo culture through language and traditions, but they offer tangible evidence of what a Navajo-inspired and operated enterprise can do.
- A counselor and a Navajo medicine man conduct the sessions.
- Furthermore, a series of thirteen consonants not present in English must be processed for language learners to comprehend Navajo speech.
- He shared his love of Navajo weaving, his collection of Navajo rugs and weaving tools.
- Educators struggle to keep the Navajo language alive, and there is a severe shortage of singers to conduct traditional ceremonies.
- All of the Navajo immersion students improved in their Navajo language skills.
- I grew up around Hopi and Navajo Indians all my life.
- The Pueblo and Navajo people use it in rituals when an infant first cries and smiles.
- The language of Belin's poetry is a rich confluence of Navajo storytelling, urban realism, and intimate personal revelation.
- This book is a great account of a school developed in a Navajo community to transmit cultural values and language to the next generation.
- Roughly speaking, those over 40 are more likely to be fully fluent and proficient in the Navajo language.
- This includes visits to ancient sites with an anthropologist, plus meetings with the Hopi and Navajo people.
- On a daily basis, however, the Navajo language continues to be used inconsistently in schools and the workplace.
- For centuries, Navajo Indians have survived by living off the land.
- Their different reasons for forming these collections comprise a rainbow of motives as complex as a Navajo sand painting.
- Experience a unique view of Navajo culture through the eyes of Navajo women.
- From the Navajo view, a language must exist before speech can occur, as form precedes substance.

Origin

From Spanish Apaches de Navajó 'Apaches from Navajo', from Tewa navahu: 'fields adjoining an arroyo'.

Definition of Navajo in US English:

Navajo

(also Navaho)

noun

1A member of a North American people of New Mexico and Arizona.
纳瓦霍人（散居于新墨西哥州和亚利桑那州的美洲印第安人）
Example sentencesExamples
- Pueblo auxiliaries were often required to fight with Spanish troops against either Apaches, Navajos, Utes, or Comanches, depending upon Spanish Indian policies and alliances at any given time.
- Hundreds of Navajo died during the 400-mile Long Walk and the ensuing four-year exile at Bosque Redondo.
- The breed was brought to this country 500 years ago by Spanish settlers, and Navajos have embraced and raised the breed since then.
- The contemporary government of the Navajos is the Navajo Nation in Window Rock, Arizona.
- As with other American Indian languages and cultures, those of the Navajos have undergone and continue to undergo tremendous changes.
- Carson was then an Indian agent helping the army subdue the Navajos and Apaches.
- When Spaniards first encountered the Apaches and Navajos in the sixteenth century, they could not tell them apart and referred to the Navajo as Apaches de Navajo.
- Her father was Navajo; her mother's Caucasian.
- But fewer and fewer Navajo can make that choice.
- There are also Indians from other tribes who have moved into Tahlequah: Creeks, Kiowas, Osages, and even Navajos.
- As an Indian agent in New Mexico in the 1850s, Carson had to balance competing desires and needs of Anglos, Apaches, Hispanos, Navajos, Pueblos, and Utes.
- It appeared that Navajos and other American Indians made up over ninety percent of those attending.
- The Navajos have a chant: ‘Remember what you have seen, because everything forgotten returns to the circling winds.’
2The Athabaskan language of the Navajo.
Example sentencesExamples
- He actually wrote a highschool-level textbook of Navajo linguistics aimed at helping speakers of Navajo to discover the structure of their language.
- Learning to read and write in Navajo is a painstaking process for all students.
- Unlike most other native American languages, Navajo is still in widespread and active use.
- Although it is an unwritten language with no alphabet or symbols, Navajo is as far from a ‘primitive, not-fully-evolved’ language as one could imagine.
- Schools in Rock Point teach all classes in the local language - Navajo.
- Typically, fifty percent of the students are dominant in Navajo, using their language in their social lives.
- Navajo citizens are choosing to speak English rather than Navajo.
- Many students come to school proficient in neither Navajo nor English.
- In politics, however, Navajo remains the language of power.
- The difficulties language learners face as they make the transition from English to Navajo and from Navajo to English are described in this paper.
- By second grade students receive half of their instruction in English and half in Navajo.
- Those who converse in Navajo include monolingual speakers who are mostly of the greatgrandparent generation.
- Through observation, one of the authors has noted that men and boys tend to speak Navajo more than women and girls.
- The other quarter is not likely to speak or understand Navajo at all.
- It included a free copy of the Sunday Times, in Navajo.
- Many wore traditional Navajo outfits and a small amount spoke in Navajo amongst themselves.
- Their languages are no more similar to each other than English and Navajo.
- Kindergarten and first-grade students received total or almost total instruction in Navajo.
- She is an enrolled member and citizen of the Navajo Nation and is bilingual and biliterate in Navajo and English.
- Pueblos nearest the Navajos were apt to know Navajo.

adjective

Relating to the Navajo or their language.
（与）纳瓦霍人（有关）的；（与）纳瓦霍语（有关）的
Example sentencesExamples
- Roughly speaking, those over 40 are more likely to be fully fluent and proficient in the Navajo language.
- All of these factors are contributing to the shift from Navajo to English language use in Navajo communities.
- The language of Belin's poetry is a rich confluence of Navajo storytelling, urban realism, and intimate personal revelation.
- In the end, it was agreed that subject matter would be taught in the Navajo language for at least half a day.
- Furthermore, a series of thirteen consonants not present in English must be processed for language learners to comprehend Navajo speech.
- From the Navajo view, a language must exist before speech can occur, as form precedes substance.
- He shared his love of Navajo weaving, his collection of Navajo rugs and weaving tools.
- Experience a unique view of Navajo culture through the eyes of Navajo women.
- On a daily basis, however, the Navajo language continues to be used inconsistently in schools and the workplace.
- All of the Navajo immersion students improved in their Navajo language skills.
- The Pueblo and Navajo people use it in rituals when an infant first cries and smiles.
- Their different reasons for forming these collections comprise a rainbow of motives as complex as a Navajo sand painting.
- This book is a great account of a school developed in a Navajo community to transmit cultural values and language to the next generation.
- This includes visits to ancient sites with an anthropologist, plus meetings with the Hopi and Navajo people.
- Hogans are only part of his dream to preserve Navajo culture through language and traditions, but they offer tangible evidence of what a Navajo-inspired and operated enterprise can do.
- Educators struggle to keep the Navajo language alive, and there is a severe shortage of singers to conduct traditional ceremonies.
- Funding for Navajo language immersion schools is now threatened.
- A counselor and a Navajo medicine man conduct the sessions.
- For centuries, Navajo Indians have survived by living off the land.
- I grew up around Hopi and Navajo Indians all my life.

Origin

From Spanish Apaches de Navajó ‘Apaches from Navajo’, from Tewa navahu ‘fields adjoining an arroyo’.

词汇	Navajo
释义	Definition of Navajo in English: Navajo (also Navaho) nounPlural Navajos ˈnavəhəʊ 1A member of a North American people of New Mexico and Arizona. 纳瓦霍人（散居于新墨西哥州和亚利桑那州的美洲印第安人） Example sentencesExamples Her father was Navajo; her mother's Caucasian. Pueblo auxiliaries were often required to fight with Spanish troops against either Apaches, Navajos, Utes, or Comanches, depending upon Spanish Indian policies and alliances at any given time. There are also Indians from other tribes who have moved into Tahlequah: Creeks, Kiowas, Osages, and even Navajos. Hundreds of Navajo died during the 400-mile Long Walk and the ensuing four-year exile at Bosque Redondo. As with other American Indian languages and cultures, those of the Navajos have undergone and continue to undergo tremendous changes. As an Indian agent in New Mexico in the 1850s, Carson had to balance competing desires and needs of Anglos, Apaches, Hispanos, Navajos, Pueblos, and Utes. The Navajos have a chant: ‘Remember what you have seen, because everything forgotten returns to the circling winds.’ When Spaniards first encountered the Apaches and Navajos in the sixteenth century, they could not tell them apart and referred to the Navajo as Apaches de Navajo. The breed was brought to this country 500 years ago by Spanish settlers, and Navajos have embraced and raised the breed since then. It appeared that Navajos and other American Indians made up over ninety percent of those attending. Carson was then an Indian agent helping the army subdue the Navajos and Apaches. But fewer and fewer Navajo can make that choice. The contemporary government of the Navajos is the Navajo Nation in Window Rock, Arizona. 2mass noun The Athabaskan language of the Navajo, with about 130,000 speakers. 纳瓦霍语（属阿萨巴斯卡语系，有约13万使用者） Example sentencesExamples It included a free copy of the Sunday Times, in Navajo. Although it is an unwritten language with no alphabet or symbols, Navajo is as far from a ‘primitive, not-fully-evolved’ language as one could imagine. Many wore traditional Navajo outfits and a small amount spoke in Navajo amongst themselves. Schools in Rock Point teach all classes in the local language - Navajo. Their languages are no more similar to each other than English and Navajo. Kindergarten and first-grade students received total or almost total instruction in Navajo. The other quarter is not likely to speak or understand Navajo at all. The difficulties language learners face as they make the transition from English to Navajo and from Navajo to English are described in this paper. In politics, however, Navajo remains the language of power. Through observation, one of the authors has noted that men and boys tend to speak Navajo more than women and girls. By second grade students receive half of their instruction in English and half in Navajo. Typically, fifty percent of the students are dominant in Navajo, using their language in their social lives. Those who converse in Navajo include monolingual speakers who are mostly of the greatgrandparent generation. Many students come to school proficient in neither Navajo nor English. He actually wrote a highschool-level textbook of Navajo linguistics aimed at helping speakers of Navajo to discover the structure of their language. She is an enrolled member and citizen of the Navajo Nation and is bilingual and biliterate in Navajo and English. Navajo citizens are choosing to speak English rather than Navajo. Unlike most other native American languages, Navajo is still in widespread and active use. Pueblos nearest the Navajos were apt to know Navajo. Learning to read and write in Navajo is a painstaking process for all students. adjective ˈnavəhəʊ Relating to the Navajo or their language. （与）纳瓦霍人（有关）的；（与）纳瓦霍语（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples In the end, it was agreed that subject matter would be taught in the Navajo language for at least half a day. All of these factors are contributing to the shift from Navajo to English language use in Navajo communities. Funding for Navajo language immersion schools is now threatened. Hogans are only part of his dream to preserve Navajo culture through language and traditions, but they offer tangible evidence of what a Navajo-inspired and operated enterprise can do. A counselor and a Navajo medicine man conduct the sessions. Furthermore, a series of thirteen consonants not present in English must be processed for language learners to comprehend Navajo speech. He shared his love of Navajo weaving, his collection of Navajo rugs and weaving tools. Educators struggle to keep the Navajo language alive, and there is a severe shortage of singers to conduct traditional ceremonies. All of the Navajo immersion students improved in their Navajo language skills. I grew up around Hopi and Navajo Indians all my life. The Pueblo and Navajo people use it in rituals when an infant first cries and smiles. The language of Belin's poetry is a rich confluence of Navajo storytelling, urban realism, and intimate personal revelation. This book is a great account of a school developed in a Navajo community to transmit cultural values and language to the next generation. Roughly speaking, those over 40 are more likely to be fully fluent and proficient in the Navajo language. This includes visits to ancient sites with an anthropologist, plus meetings with the Hopi and Navajo people. On a daily basis, however, the Navajo language continues to be used inconsistently in schools and the workplace. For centuries, Navajo Indians have survived by living off the land. Their different reasons for forming these collections comprise a rainbow of motives as complex as a Navajo sand painting. Experience a unique view of Navajo culture through the eyes of Navajo women. From the Navajo view, a language must exist before speech can occur, as form precedes substance. Origin From Spanish Apaches de Navajó 'Apaches from Navajo', from Tewa navahu: 'fields adjoining an arroyo'. Definition of Navajo in US English: Navajo (also Navaho) noun 1A member of a North American people of New Mexico and Arizona. 纳瓦霍人（散居于新墨西哥州和亚利桑那州的美洲印第安人） Example sentencesExamples Pueblo auxiliaries were often required to fight with Spanish troops against either Apaches, Navajos, Utes, or Comanches, depending upon Spanish Indian policies and alliances at any given time. Hundreds of Navajo died during the 400-mile Long Walk and the ensuing four-year exile at Bosque Redondo. The breed was brought to this country 500 years ago by Spanish settlers, and Navajos have embraced and raised the breed since then. The contemporary government of the Navajos is the Navajo Nation in Window Rock, Arizona. As with other American Indian languages and cultures, those of the Navajos have undergone and continue to undergo tremendous changes. Carson was then an Indian agent helping the army subdue the Navajos and Apaches. When Spaniards first encountered the Apaches and Navajos in the sixteenth century, they could not tell them apart and referred to the Navajo as Apaches de Navajo. Her father was Navajo; her mother's Caucasian. But fewer and fewer Navajo can make that choice. There are also Indians from other tribes who have moved into Tahlequah: Creeks, Kiowas, Osages, and even Navajos. As an Indian agent in New Mexico in the 1850s, Carson had to balance competing desires and needs of Anglos, Apaches, Hispanos, Navajos, Pueblos, and Utes. It appeared that Navajos and other American Indians made up over ninety percent of those attending. The Navajos have a chant: ‘Remember what you have seen, because everything forgotten returns to the circling winds.’ 2The Athabaskan language of the Navajo. Example sentencesExamples He actually wrote a highschool-level textbook of Navajo linguistics aimed at helping speakers of Navajo to discover the structure of their language. Learning to read and write in Navajo is a painstaking process for all students. Unlike most other native American languages, Navajo is still in widespread and active use. Although it is an unwritten language with no alphabet or symbols, Navajo is as far from a ‘primitive, not-fully-evolved’ language as one could imagine. Schools in Rock Point teach all classes in the local language - Navajo. Typically, fifty percent of the students are dominant in Navajo, using their language in their social lives. Navajo citizens are choosing to speak English rather than Navajo. Many students come to school proficient in neither Navajo nor English. In politics, however, Navajo remains the language of power. The difficulties language learners face as they make the transition from English to Navajo and from Navajo to English are described in this paper. By second grade students receive half of their instruction in English and half in Navajo. Those who converse in Navajo include monolingual speakers who are mostly of the greatgrandparent generation. Through observation, one of the authors has noted that men and boys tend to speak Navajo more than women and girls. The other quarter is not likely to speak or understand Navajo at all. It included a free copy of the Sunday Times, in Navajo. Many wore traditional Navajo outfits and a small amount spoke in Navajo amongst themselves. Their languages are no more similar to each other than English and Navajo. Kindergarten and first-grade students received total or almost total instruction in Navajo. She is an enrolled member and citizen of the Navajo Nation and is bilingual and biliterate in Navajo and English. Pueblos nearest the Navajos were apt to know Navajo. adjective Relating to the Navajo or their language. （与）纳瓦霍人（有关）的；（与）纳瓦霍语（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples Roughly speaking, those over 40 are more likely to be fully fluent and proficient in the Navajo language. All of these factors are contributing to the shift from Navajo to English language use in Navajo communities. The language of Belin's poetry is a rich confluence of Navajo storytelling, urban realism, and intimate personal revelation. In the end, it was agreed that subject matter would be taught in the Navajo language for at least half a day. Furthermore, a series of thirteen consonants not present in English must be processed for language learners to comprehend Navajo speech. From the Navajo view, a language must exist before speech can occur, as form precedes substance. He shared his love of Navajo weaving, his collection of Navajo rugs and weaving tools. Experience a unique view of Navajo culture through the eyes of Navajo women. On a daily basis, however, the Navajo language continues to be used inconsistently in schools and the workplace. All of the Navajo immersion students improved in their Navajo language skills. The Pueblo and Navajo people use it in rituals when an infant first cries and smiles. Their different reasons for forming these collections comprise a rainbow of motives as complex as a Navajo sand painting. This book is a great account of a school developed in a Navajo community to transmit cultural values and language to the next generation. This includes visits to ancient sites with an anthropologist, plus meetings with the Hopi and Navajo people. Hogans are only part of his dream to preserve Navajo culture through language and traditions, but they offer tangible evidence of what a Navajo-inspired and operated enterprise can do. Educators struggle to keep the Navajo language alive, and there is a severe shortage of singers to conduct traditional ceremonies. Funding for Navajo language immersion schools is now threatened. A counselor and a Navajo medicine man conduct the sessions. For centuries, Navajo Indians have survived by living off the land. I grew up around Hopi and Navajo Indians all my life. Origin From Spanish Apaches de Navajó ‘Apaches from Navajo’, from Tewa navahu ‘fields adjoining an arroyo’.
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