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Meaning of Hosteen | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A title used for a Navajo, Sir, Mister.
  2. A male given name from Navajo.
  3. A surname from Navajo.

Examples

“His uncle, the brother of his mother, was among the most prominent of these. He was Hosteen Frank Sam Nakai, who performed the Night Chant and the Enemy Way and key parts of several other curing ceremonials, and who sometimes taught ceremonialism at the Navajo Community College at Rough Rock.”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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