Dinétah

Navajo

Etymology

diné (“Navajo”) + -tah (“among”)

Proper noun

Dinétah

Dinétah, a large area around the Four Corners region of the Southwest

Usage notes

The ancestral homeland of the Navajo, bounded by Blanca Peak to the east, Mount Taylor to the south, the San Francisco Peaks to the west, and Hesperus Peak to the north.

See also

Sisnaajiní, Tsoodził, Dookʼoʼoosłííd, Dibé Nitsaa

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