Navajo Nation

English

Proper noun

the Navajo Nation

  1. A nation in the United States, a tribal sovereign domestic dependent nation established in 1868 by the Treaty of Bosque Redondo, nominally located in the states of Arizona and New Mexico. Capital: Window Rock.
    1. The people of this nation, or their government.
      Legally speaking, such a question could be decided only by the Navajo Nation.
    2. The territory of this nation.
      Synonym: Navajo Reservation (informal, unofficial)
      My parents were on their way to Santa Fe but made a wrong turn somewhere and ended up in the Navajo Nation.
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