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hogan

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[ hoh-gawn, -guhn ]

noun

  1. a traditional Navajo dwelling constructed of branches and tree bark and covered with mud or sod, with a doorway facing east: maintained and used by modern Navajo people for religious and cultural ceremonies.


Hogan

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[ hoh-guhn ]

noun

  1. Ben, 1912–97, U.S. golfer.

hogan

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/ ˈəʊɡə /

noun

  1. a wooden dwelling covered with earth, typical of the Navaho Indians of N America
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Hogan

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/ ˈʊɡə /

noun

  1. HoganBen19121997MUSSPORT AND GAMES: golfer Ben, full name William Benjamin Hogan. 1912–97, US golfer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hogan1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; from Navajo hooghan “hogan, home”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hogan1

from Navaho
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In any case, he was going to have to get the shovels from the hogan and begin the whole process again.

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Born in 1932 in a traditional Navajo hogan without running water or electricity, Laughter was 16 when Native Americans got the right to vote in Arizona.

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John Gunderman believed his vision for a campground with 70 tepees, 12 hogans and 43 Conestoga wagons in the Arizona desert off Route 66 would “invoke nostalgia that transcends to every generation.”

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They set hand sanitizer outside traditional hogan dwellings.

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She recalled sitting next to her paternal great-grandmother in her hogan years ago.

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