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The Navajo [a] or Diné, are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.. With more than 399,494 [1] enrolled tribal members as of 2021, [1] [4] the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United States; additionally, the Navajo Nation has the largest reservation in the country.
Many places throughout the United States take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these languages.
Dennehotso – from the Navajo phrase deinihootso, whose English translation is unclear. Huachuca City; Kaibito – from the Navajo phrase k'ai'bii'tó, whose English translation is unclear. Kinlichee – from the Navajo phrase kin dah lichi'i, meaning "red house up at an elevation". [5] Lake Havasu City; Lake Montezuma; Mesquite Creek
Begay is a surname, derived from the Navajo word biyeʼ meaning "his/her son". [1] Begay may also refer to: Apie Begay, Navajo painter; Arthur C. Begay (1932-2010), Navajo painter; Carlyle Begay, Arizona State Senator; D.Y. Begay (born 1953), Navajo textile artist; Edward T. Begay (1935–2022), politician; Fred Begay (1932–2013), nuclear ...
Yazzie is a name, derived from the Navajo word yázhí meaning "little" and may refer to: . Yazzie Johnson (born 1946), Navajo jeweler living in northern New Mexico; Aaron Yazzie (born 1986), Navajo mechanical engineer working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Navajo Nation is served by various print media operations. The Navajo Times used to be published as the Navajo Times Today. Created by the Navajo Nation Council in 1959, it has been privatized. It continues to be the newspaper of record for the Navajo Nation. The Navajo Times is the largest Native American-owned newspaper company in the ...
Chee is a Chinese and Navajo surname. It may refer to the Min Nan or Hokkien pronunciation of the Chinese surname pronounced Xú in Mandarin, or the Cantonese pronunciation of the surname 朱 (zyu 1, Zhū in Mandarin). As a Navajo surname, it is derived from the root -CHIIʼ, meaning "red". It is also a variant romanization of the Korean ...
The yeii or yei (Navajo: yéí or yéʼii) are spirit deities of the Navajo people. The most benevolent of such beings are the Diyin Diné'e or Holy People who are associated with the forces of nature. Yéi—There are a number of divinities in the Navaho pantheon known as yéi...which is translated "god" or "genius." What distinction exists ...