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17:44 Jan 5, 2003 |
Navajo to English translations [Non-PRO] Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | ||||
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white man Explanation: For example: "The Navajo have a connection with the land that a biligaana, or white man, would not understand." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-05 21:35:24 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 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 Reference: http://academics.vmi.edu/naturewritingprojects/gaddy/a_look_... |
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white man Explanation: The Navajo have a connection with the land that a biligaana, or white man, would not understand. Serge L. Reference: http://academics.vmi.edu/naturewritingprojects/gaddy/a_look_... |
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