Etymology

Navajo

Na·va·jo
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Today it means: A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America. Full definition →

Spanish navajo ← Tewa navahúuˀ
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  1. Tewanavahúuˀ
  2. Spanishnavajo
  3. English todayNavajo

Borrowed from Spanish navajo, from Tewa navahúuˀu (“field adjoining an arroyo”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.