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Navajo to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | | Navajo term or phrase: biligaana | | It's in a Navajo Indian Novel. |
| | | white man | Explanation:
For example: "The Navajo have a connection with the land that a biligaana, or white man, would not understand."
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This can also be spelt bilagaana
\"Once, while talking with a bilagaana who claimed to have been adopted by a Navajo family ...\"
Reference: http://www.draknet.com/proteus/Navajo.htm
\"The only other iconic figure of 20th century bilagaana (white) Western culture that I know of that Navajos seem to hold in reverence is, of all people, John Wayne.\"
Reference: http://www.counterpunch.org/orrwaylon.html
This spelling can also be used as name for North American Indian males.
Reference: http://www.kabalarians.com/male/naind-m.htm
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| Apr 4, 2006 - Changes made by Fabio Descalzi: | | Language pair | zzz Other zzz to English => Navajo to English | | Field | Other => Social Sciences | | Field (specific) | (none) => General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters |
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