bilagáana
See also: Bilagáana
Navajo
Etymology
From Spanish americano.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɪ̀lɑ̀kɑ̂ːnɑ̀/
Audio (NV) (file)
Noun
bilagáana
- white man, Anglo, Caucasian, American (an early Navajo term for Americans)
Alternative forms
- Bilagáana
Derived terms
- bilagáana tʼáá biʼałkʼiijééʼ (“American Civil War”)
- Bilagáana bizaad
- Bilagáanakʼehgo
- bilagáanakʼehgo
- Bilagáanakʼehjí
Descendants
- → Hopi: Pölakaana