Nav|a|ho

Nav|a|ho
Nav|a|ho «NAV uh hoh», noun, plural -ho, -hos, or -hoes.
1. a member of a large tribe of American Indians of Athapascan stock living in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. The Navaho are noted for their skill in making turquoise and silver jewelry and in weaving blankets and rugs with bright patterns, usually of black, red, and white color.
2. the language of this tribe.
╂[American English < Mexican Spanish Navajo < Nahuatl navajoa place of the prickly pear cactus < nava- prickly pear cactus + -joa place of (from the abundance of this plant where the Navahos live)]

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